Re: [PATCH] persistent-https: add go.mod to fix compile

> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 6:07 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> In any case, explaining these things in this response is good, but
>> eventually we need to make sure that the readers of the resulting
>> commit would not have to ask the same question, without having to
>> refer to external documentation.
>
> It might also be worthwhile -- for the non-Go readers -- for the
> commit message to mention that this addition of a `go.mod` file does
> not hinder those stuck with old pre-module versions of Go (it doesn't
> help them either, but that's less significant), thus this change does
> not require them to update to a modern version of Go (i.e. we're not
> raising the minimum required version).