Upgrade Go Guide

This procedure describes how to upgrade Golang for the cf CLI project.

Phase 1: Confirm that upgrade works locally:

• Read the release notes: https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html
• Run go get -u golang.org/x/<pkg> for golang.org/x/ packages we directly depend on
  • Make sure to rerun the unit and integration tests. (https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#development-environment-setup).
• Push changes made to cf cli repo.

Phase 2: Update Pipeline:

• Update and push the ci/cli-base/Dockerfile image's FROM golang:<major>.<minor> . Then run the create-cli-base-image Concourse Job.

Phase 3: Finalize Changes:

• Update the version number in the developer guide