Usage

updaterequires [-force] [-release <manifestFile>]

Options:
-release <manifestFile> Uses next computed version tag information from a release manifest to update module dependencies.
-force                  Force can be used to allow the tool to downgrade a dependency to a lower version.
                        By default a dependency is only updated if the go.mod recorded version is semantically lower.

Description

updaterequires uses the local repositories Git tags to update all inter-repository module dependencies to their latest tags. Additionally. dependency configuration recorded in root repository directory's modman.toml will be used to update external Go module dependencies to a specific version.

When executing the utility an additional -release argument can be provided by entering a path to a release manifest (Computed using calculaterelease). When provided a release manifest, the tool will project the computed tags onto the existing repository tags, allowing the tool to update Go Module dependencies with the latest tags being considered available.

Lastly in the event that a dependency needs to be forced to a particular version that is lower than what is currently recorded in the go.mod, the -force flag can be used. The force flag only applies to external dependencies, and when enabled will update a dependency to the recorded version indicated in modman.toml regardless of the go.mod recorded version being semantically higher or lower.