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@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ This action sets up a go environment for use in actions by:
- Optionally downloading and caching a version of Go by version and adding to `PATH`. - Optionally downloading and caching a version of Go by version and adding to `PATH`.
- Registering problem matchers for error output. - Registering problem matchers for error output.
# Breaking changes in V6
- Improve toolchain handling to ensure more reliable and consistent toolchain selection and management in [#460](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/460)
- Upgrade Nodejs runtime from node20 to node 24 in [#624](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/624)
Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. [See Release Notes](https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1)
For more detailed release notes, please track [release notes](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases/edit/v6.0.0)
# V5 # V5
The V5 edition of the action offers: The V5 edition of the action offers:
@ -16,27 +26,6 @@ The V5 edition of the action offers:
See full release notes on the [releases page](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases). See full release notes on the [releases page](https://github.com/actions/setup-go/releases).
# V4
The V4 edition of the action offers:
- Enabled caching by default
The action will try to enable caching unless the `cache` input is explicitly set to false.
Please see "[Caching dependency files and build outputs](https://github.com/actions/setup-go#caching-dependency-files-and-build-outputs)" for more information.
# V3
The V3 edition of the action offers:
- Adds `GOBIN` to the `PATH`
- Proxy support
- Check latest version
- Caching packages dependencies
- stable and oldstable aliases
- Bug Fixes (including issues around version matching and semver)
The action will first check the local cache for a version match. If a version is not found locally, it will pull it from The action will first check the local cache for a version match. If a version is not found locally, it will pull it from
the `main` branch of the [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json) the `main` branch of the [go-versions](https://github.com/actions/go-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json)
repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly repository. On miss or failure, it will fall back to downloading directly