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

go 1.13

(exec from module root directory)

Update specified dependencies:

go get -u <package-name>

Update all direct and indirect dependencies to latest minor or patch upgrades (pre-releases are ignored):

go get -u ./...
# or
go get -u=patch ./...

Reference:

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

go help get