From 99a2eff8bb69ced9f1ca9bf836fe99acf09916c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HonkingGoose <34918129+HonkingGoose@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:25:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve Go binary version docs (#10942)
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docs/usage/golang.md | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/usage/golang.md b/docs/usage/golang.md
index 8c860e7997..a51df4dece 100644
--- a/docs/usage/golang.md
+++ b/docs/usage/golang.md
@@ -40,11 +40,19 @@ Renovate will commit all files changed within the `vendor/` folder.
### Go binary version
-By default, Renovate will keep up with the very latest version of `go`.
+By default, Renovate will keep up with the latest version of the `go` binary.
-You can "pin" the `go` version that Renovate uses.
-Say you want Renovate to use Go version 1.14, you can do this by adding `go 1.14` to your `go.mod` file.
-We do not support pinning Go versions to a specific patch level, so you cannot use `go 1.14.12`, but you can use `go 1.14` in your `go.mod` file.
+You can force Renovate to use a specific version of Go by setting a constraint.
+As an example, say you want Renovate to use the latest patch version of the `1.16` Go binary, you'd put this in your Renovate config:
+
+```json
+ "constraints": {
+ "go": "1.16"
+ }
+```
+
+We do not support patch level versions for the minimum `go` version.
+This means you cannot use `go 1.16.6`, but you can use `go 1.16` as a contraint.
### Custom registry support, and authentication
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