How does Go update third-party packages?

Question

Looking how actively golang packages grow and improve I wonder how the problem with package versions is solved?

I see that one way is to store third-party packages u

Answer 1

To specify versions, or commits:

go get -u otherpackage@1.2.3

go get -u otherpackage@git-sha

See https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#daily-workflow