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cmd/go: work edit -json doesn't include the toolchain #75941

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Go version

go version go1.25.3 linux/amd64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

AR='ar'
CC='gcc'
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_ENABLED='1'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CXX='g++'
GCCGO='gccgo'
GO111MODULE=''
GOAMD64='v1'
GOARCH='amd64'
GOAUTH='netrc'
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/home/ivan/.cache/go-build'
GOCACHEPROG=''
GODEBUG=''
GOENV='/home/ivan/.config/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFIPS140='off'
GOFLAGS=''
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build1424714401=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches'
GOHOSTARCH='amd64'
GOHOSTOS='linux'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMOD='/home/ivan/Code/Personal/etcd/etcd/go.mod'
GOMODCACHE='/home/ivan/.local/share/asdf/installs/golang/1.25.0/packages/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='linux'
GOPATH='/home/ivan/.local/share/asdf/installs/golang/1.25.0/packages'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/home/ivan/.local/share/asdf/installs/golang/1.25.3/go'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTELEMETRY='local'
GOTELEMETRYDIR='/home/ivan/.config/go/telemetry'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN=''
GOTOOLDIR='/home/ivan/.local/share/asdf/installs/golang/1.25.3/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.25.3'
GOWORK='/home/ivan/Code/etcd/etcd/go.work'
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'

What did you do?

Run go work edit -json

What did you see happen?

The output contains the JSON output according to the sample output from go help work edit, but it doesn't include the Toolchain property.

$ go work edit -json
{
        "Go": "1.25.0",
        "Use": [
                {
                        "DiskPath": "."
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./api"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./cache"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./client/pkg"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./client/v3"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./etcdctl"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./etcdutl"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./pkg"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./server"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./tests"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./tools/mod"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./tools/rw-heatmaps"
                },
                {
                        "DiskPath": "./tools/testgrid-analysis"
                }
        ],
        "Replace": null
}
$  head go.work
// This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
go 1.25.0
toolchain go1.25.3
use (
        .
        ./api
        ./cache

What did you expect to see?

According to go help work edit, the -json option should output:

The -json flag prints the final go.work file in JSON format instead of
writing it back to go.mod. The JSON output corresponds to these Go types:

        type GoWork struct {
                Go        string
                Toolchain string
                Godebug   []Godebug
                Use       []Use
                Replace   []Replace
        }

        type Godebug struct {
                Key   string
                Value string
        }

        type Use struct {
                DiskPath   string
                ModulePath string
        }

        type Replace struct {
                Old Module
                New Module
        }

        type Module struct {
                Path    string
                Version string
        }

So, I would expect the output to be:

$ go work edit -json
{
        "Go": "1.25.0",
        "Toolchain": "go1.25.3",
        ...

Similar to what go mod edit -json generates.

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