Golang runtime/debug: BuildInfo doesn't contain VCS info depending on the build command

Go version

go version go1.22.4 darwin/arm64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

GO111MODULE=''
GOARCH='arm64'
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/Users/paulseebach/Library/Caches/go-build'
GOENV='/Users/paulseebach/Library/Application Support/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFLAGS=''
GOHOSTARCH='arm64'
GOHOSTOS='darwin'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMODCACHE='/Users/paulseebach/go/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY='github.com/askrella'
GONOSUMDB='github.com/askrella'
GOOS='darwin'
GOPATH='/Users/paulseebach/go'
GOPRIVATE='github.com/askrella'
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/Users/paulseebach/.go'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN='auto'
GOTOOLDIR='/Users/paulseebach/.go/pkg/tool/darwin_arm64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.22.4'
GCCGO='gccgo'
AR='ar'
CC='clang'
CXX='clang++'
CGO_ENABLED='1'
GOMOD='/Users/paulseebach/code/askrella/simpleo-backend/go.mod'
GOWORK=''
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -arch arm64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/var/folders/l5/dt51qvv11wgdwbv18l68867r0000gn/T/go-build2194274985=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common'

What did you do?

• added versioning with go's buildinfos
• built the binary locally with go build ./cmd/local
• shipped it to dev (with CI/CD)

What did you see happen?

• VCS info in the BuildInfo locally worked fine
• VCS info wasn't present on dev
• comparing the build process and saw CI runs the built like this: go build ./cmd/local/main.go
• tried it locally with go build ./cmd/local/main.go -> VCS Info wasn't present

What did you expect to see?

• when building the binary with go build ./cmd/local/main.go the VCS info should be present too

Comment From: gabyhelp

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• cmd/go: debug.BuildInfo doesn't include VCS info when cross-compiling [1.18rc1] #51264
• runtime/debug: vcs.modified populated in ReadBuildInfo for go install but not go build #51637
• cmd/go: binary does not contain VCS information when compiled in git worktree dir #58218
• cmd/go: vcs info not stamped when built listing .go files directly #51279
• go build uses wrong VCS information when running in a git worktree #64772
• runtime/debug: ReadBuildInfo returns no information about main module #51918
• cmd/go: missing result of ReadBuildInfo in init function #29628
• proposal: runtime/debug: embed vcs info into runtime/debug.BuildInfo when running go install #67745

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Comment From: seankhliao

Duplicate of #51279