build: add `go.work` in gitignore (#13100)

* build: add `go.work` in gitignore

* markdownlint

.github/workflows/legacy-test.yml

@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-coverage"
           path: ./${{ matrix.part }}profile.out
-    env:
-      # Here we don't use the go.work for ensuring that the modules are correctly tagged and tidy-ed.
-      GOWORK: off
 
   sims-notify-success:
     needs: [tests]

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-coverage"
           path: ./${{ matrix.part }}profile.out
-    env:
-      # Here we don't use the go.work for ensuring that the modules are correctly tagged and tidy-ed.
-      GOWORK: off
 
   upload-coverage-report:
     runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2004

.gitignore

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ buf-stamp
 artifacts
 
 # Go
+go.work
 go.work.sum
 
 # Data - ideally these don't exist

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         * [Requesting Reviews](#requesting-reviews)
         * [Updating Documentation](#updating-documentation)
     * [Dependencies](#dependencies)
+        * [`go.work`](#gowork)
     * [Protobuf](#protobuf)
     * [Branching Model and Release](#branching-model-and-release)
         * [PR Targeting](#pr-targeting)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ To synchronize we have few major meetings:
 * Cosmos Community SDK Development Call on the last Wednesday of every month at 17:00 UTC.
 * Cosmos Roadmap Prioritization every 4 weeks on Tuesday at 15:00 UTC (limited participation).
 
-If you would like to join one of those calls, then please contact us on [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cosmosnetwork) or reach out directly to Cory Levinson from Regen Network (cory@regen.network).
+If you would like to join one of those calls, then please contact us on [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cosmosnetwork) or reach out directly to Marko (@marbar3778).
 
 ## Architecture Decision Records (ADR)
 
@@ -176,6 +177,13 @@ get away with telling people they can just `go get` our software.
 Since some dependencies are not under our control, a third party may break our
 build, in which case we can fall back on `go mod tidy -v`.
 
+### `go.work`
+
+The Cosmos SDK is a multi-module repo, for this reason, the use of a `go.work` file is handy. 
+We provide a [`go.work.example`](./go.work.example) that contains all the modules used in the SDK.
+Do note that contributions modifying multiple Go modules should be submitted as separate PRs, this allows us to tag the changes and avoid `replace`s.
+For consistency between our CI and the local tests, `GOWORK=off` is set in the `Makefile`. This means that the `go.work` file is not used when using `make test` or any other `make` command.
+
 ## Protobuf
 
 We use [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers) along with [gogoproto](https://github.com/gogo/protobuf) to generate code for use in Cosmos SDK.

Makefile

@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ DOCS_DOMAIN=docs.cosmos.network
 # RocksDB is a native dependency, so we don't assume the library is installed.
 # Instead, it must be explicitly enabled and we warn when it is not.
 ENABLE_ROCKSDB ?= false
-
-export GO111MODULE = on
+GOWORK = off # we disable the `go.work` for consistency with our CI
 
 # process build tags
-
 build_tags = netgo
 ifeq ($(LEDGER_ENABLED),true)
   ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)

scripts/module-tests.sh

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ execute_mod_tests() {
 
     echo ">>> running $go_mod tests"
     cd $mod_dir;
-    # Here we don't use the go.work for ensuring that the modules are correctly tagged and tidy-ed.
-    GOWORK=off go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -coverprofile=${root_dir}/${coverage_file}.tmp -covermode=atomic -tags='norace ledger test_ledger_mock rocksdb_build'  ./...
+    go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -coverprofile=${root_dir}/${coverage_file}.tmp -covermode=atomic -tags='norace ledger test_ledger_mock rocksdb_build'  ./...
     local ret=$?
     echo "test return: " $ret;
     cd -;