cmd/go: mention go get in go help mod

[bukowa]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.16

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What did you do?

I were working with a module using command go mod; i expected that i can update dependency with commands:
go mod update -u <dependency>
go mod update <dependency>@commit

What did you expect to see?

I expected for this to work.
I expected for this to show in go help mod:

Usage:

        go mod <command> [arguments]

The commands are:

        download    download modules to local cache
        edit        edit go.mod from tools or scripts
        graph       print module requirement graph
        init        initialize new module in current directory
        tidy        add missing and remove unused modules
        vendor      make vendored copy of dependencies
        verify      verify dependencies have expected content
        why         explain why packages or modules are needed

What did you see instead?

After asking a question regarding this topic on golang slack channel i received help from Tim Heckman that stated:

yeah, the choice was made to keep it as go get so all the existing Gophers wouldn't need to relearn the command(s).

yeah, that was kept for historical purposes... that was how dependencies have always been gotten.

He nicely explained to me that i have to use:

go get <dependency>@commit
go get -u <dependency>

Which for me is confusing - i expected that subcommand to be related to go mod but - it's not in the help of that command - while it's clearly related to modules.

[go101]

Do you mean to use go mod update to depreciate go get? Not a bad idea IMO.

[bukowa]

I don't know about depreciating go get but because that command is related to modules - i believe it should be included in go mod