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proposal: "go clean -modcache name" to remove single entity "name" from cache #44989

@awmorgan

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@awmorgan

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

$ go version
go version go1.16.2 darwin/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output
$ go env
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/Users/billmorgan/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOENV="/Users/billmorgan/Library/Application Support/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/Users/billmorgan/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/billmorgan/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.16.2"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/Users/billmorgan/gopl.io/go.mod"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -arch x86_64 -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/rp/fpc8t1293dn1r6jycrqn0hlw0000gn/T/go-build3348279230=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

Want to have a way to remove a single entity from the mod cache without deleting everything.

What did you expect to see?

Option for go clean -modcache name that would delete name from the modcache.

What did you see instead?

Option doesn't exist.

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