go version control is extremely hard and doesn't usually work

[richtera]

What version of Go, VS Code & VS Code Go extension are you using?

Version Information

• Run go version to get version of Go from the VS Code integrated terminal.
  • 1.25.9
• Run gopls -v version to get version of Gopls from the VS Code integrated terminal.

Build info

golang.org/x/tools/gopls v0.21.1
golang.org/x/tools/gopls@v0.21.1 h1:1/o9z5Brdero4jFm9Jr46Uwj8GU9lQdoSXHMlwRHb/w=
github.com/BurntSushi/toml@v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg=
github.com/fatih/camelcase@v1.0.0 h1:hxNvNX/xYBp0ovncs8WyWZrOrpBNub/JfaMvbURyft8=
github.com/fatih/gomodifytags@v1.17.1-0.20250423142747-f3939df9aa3c h1:dDSgAjoOMp8da3egfz0t2S+t8RGOpEmEXZubcGuc0Bg=
github.com/fatih/structtag@v1.2.0 h1:/OdNE99OxoI/PqaW/SuSK9uxxT3f/tcSZgon/ssNSx4=
github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify@v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=
github.com/google/go-cmp@v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
github.com/google/jsonschema-go@v0.3.0 h1:6AH2TxVNtk3IlvkkhjrtbUc4S8AvO0Xii0DxIygDg+Q=
github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk@v0.8.0 h1:jdsBtGzBLY287WKSIjYovOXAqtJkP+HtFQFKrZd4a6c=
github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3@v3.0.2 h1:Ed3Oyj9yrmi9087+NczuL5BwkIc4wvTb5zIM+UJPGz4=
golang.org/x/exp/typeparams@v0.0.0-20251023183803-a4bb9ffd2546 h1:HDjDiATsGqvuqvkDvgJjD1IgPrVekcSXVVE21JwvzGE=
golang.org/x/mod@v0.30.0 h1:fDEXFVZ/fmCKProc/yAXXUijritrDzahmwwefnjoPFk=
golang.org/x/sync@v0.18.0 h1:kr88TuHDroi+UVf+0hZnirlk8o8T+4MrK6mr60WkH/I=
golang.org/x/sys@v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
golang.org/x/telemetry@v0.0.0-20251111182119-bc8e575c7b54 h1:E2/AqCUMZGgd73TQkxUMcMla25GB9i/5HOdLr+uH7Vo=
golang.org/x/text@v0.31.0 h1:aC8ghyu4JhP8VojJ2lEHBnochRno1sgL6nEi9WGFGMM=
golang.org/x/tools@v0.39.1-0.20260109155911-b69ac100ecb7 h1:UaaZx92hw3fDa9xRcX2//NBRE3sR4VHQLlt0TkN2geY=
golang.org/x/vuln@v1.1.4 h1:Ju8QsuyhX3Hk8ma3CesTbO8vfJD9EvUBgHvkxHBzj0I=
honnef.co/go/tools@v0.7.0-0.dev.0.20251022135355-8273271481d0 h1:5SXjd4ET5dYijLaf0O3aOenC0Z4ZafIWSpjUzsQaNho=
mvdan.cc/gofumpt@v0.8.0 h1:nZUCeC2ViFaerTcYKstMmfysj6uhQrA2vJe+2vwGU6k=
mvdan.cc/xurls/v2@v2.6.0 h1:3NTZpeTxYVWNSokW3MKeyVkz/j7uYXYiMtXRUfmjbgI=
go: go1.25.9

* Run `code -v` or `code-insiders -v` to get version of VS Code or VS Code Insiders.
	- 1.116.0 560a9dba96f961efea7b1612916f89e5d5d4d679 arm64
* Check your installed extensions to get the version of the VS Code Go extension
	- 0.52.2
* Run Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac OS) > `Go: Locate Configured Go Tools` command.
	- ```sh
# Tools Configuration


## Environment

GOBIN: /Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/bin
toolsGopath: 
gopath: /Users/***/gopath
GOROOT: /Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9
PATH: /Users/***/.local/share/mise/shims:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/***/.meteor:/Users/***/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql@16/bin:/Users/***/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:/Users/***/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/***/.wasmtime/bin:/Users/***/.pyenv/shims:/Users/***/Library/pnpm:/Users/***/.bun/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/***/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/go/bin:/Users/***/Library/Application Support/org.dfinity.dfx/bin:/Users/***/.rover/bin:/Users/***/.cargo/bin:/Users/***/.config/.foundry/bin:/Users/***/Development/flutter/bin:/Users/***/.docker/bin:/Users/***/.rover/bin

## Tools

	go:	/Users/***/.local/share/mise/shims/go: go version go1.25.9 darwin/arm64

	gotests:	/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/bin/gotests	(version: v1.6.0 built with go: go1.25.9)
	impl:	/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/bin/impl	(version: v1.4.0 built with go: go1.25.9)
	goplay:	/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/bin/goplay	(version: v1.0.0 built with go: go1.25.9)
	dlv:	/Users/***/gopath/bin/dlv	(version: v1.21.0 built with go: go1.21.1)
	gopls:	/Users/***/gopath/bin/gopls	(version: v0.16.2 built with go: go1.20.7)

## Go env

Workspace Folder (si-2): /Users/***/Development/si-2

	AR='ar'
	CC='clang'
	CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
	CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_ENABLED='1'
	CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CXX='clang++'
	GCCGO='gccgo'
	GO111MODULE=''
	GOARCH='arm64'
	GOARM64='v8.0'
	GOAUTH='netrc'
	GOBIN='/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/bin'
	GOCACHE='/Users/***/Library/Caches/go-build'
	GOCACHEPROG=''
	GODEBUG=''
	GOENV='/Users/***/Library/Application Support/go/env'
	GOEXE=''
	GOEXPERIMENT=''
	GOFIPS140='off'
	GOFLAGS=''
	GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -arch arm64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/var/folders/vp/5m13m6sx52g2y7zn2f006jdh0000gn/T/go-build1078720655=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common'
	GOHOSTARCH='arm64'
	GOHOSTOS='darwin'
	GOINSECURE=''
	GOMOD='/Users/***/Development/si-2/go.mod'
	GOMODCACHE='/Users/***/gopath/pkg/mod'
	GONOPROXY=''
	GONOSUMDB=''
	GOOS='darwin'
	GOPATH='/Users/***/gopath'
	GOPRIVATE=''
	GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
	GOROOT='/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9'
	GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
	GOTELEMETRY='local'
	GOTELEMETRYDIR='/Users/***/Library/Application Support/go/telemetry'
	GOTMPDIR=''
	GOTOOLCHAIN='local'
	GOTOOLDIR='/Users/***/.local/share/mise/installs/go/1.25.9/pkg/tool/darwin_arm64'
	GOVCS=''
	GOVERSION='go1.25.9'
	GOWORK=''
	PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'

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Describe the bug

During startup it's capturing the go version before cd into the project, so when using version managers like mise or asdf it's picking up the wrong version. This requires all project on the same machine to use the same version of go.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Configure a project with mise.toml pointing to a different version than mise global go@VERSION
2. Open up a terminal and do which go
3. You end up on the wrong version

The surprising thing is that in some scenarios it works right after an upgrade but this doesn't survive a quit and restart of vscode or reload window.

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[madelinekalil]

Hello! At this time we don't plan to support third-party go version managers. The vscode-go extension currently doesn't listen to changes from such third-party tools, and we don't have bandwidth to implement. cc @h9jiang

[richtera]

It does seem to listen, but the timing is off. It seems to try to pickup the version before it cd's into the project folder because it's picking up the global version instead of the per project version. So in theory it may actually be pretty easy to fix or maybe there is a setting where I could run a script or something?

[firelizzard18]

Given how deeply "where and what is your Go toolchain" is integrated into vscode-go and gopls, I don't think it's viable. You might be able to get something working with a small change, but that will only be a partial fix. Trying to get it fully functioning, especially the language server and multi-root workspaces, would be an endless game of whack-a-mole. Given that modern Go has a relatively standard location for installing different Go toolchains (~/sdk/go{version}) and given the toolchain go.mod directive and GOTOOLCHAIN env var, I think the more viable path is to ask version managers to use those mechanisms instead.

[richtera]

Yea the problem is currently it's whackamole with my projects I have several with different go versions for different companies :-( Ugh. Ok. Maybe I will have to work in a devcontainer :-( sic.