| # mod |
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| [](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/mod) |
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| This repository holds packages for writing tools |
| that work directly with Go module mechanics. |
| That is, it is for direct manipulation of Go modules themselves. |
| |
| It is NOT about supporting general development tools that |
| need to do things like load packages in module mode. |
| That use case, where modules are incidental rather than the focus, |
| should remain in [x/tools](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools), |
| specifically [x/tools/go/packages](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/packages). |
| |
| The specific case of loading packages should still be done by |
| invoking the go command, which remains the single point of |
| truth for package loading algorithms. |
