In part to answer my own questions from https://golang.org/doc/modules/gomod-ref https://golang.org/doc/modules/gomod-ref We read: * ... * ... * A list of m

In part to answer my own questions from https://golang.org/doc/modules/gomod-ref https://golang.org/doc/modules/gomod-ref We read: * ... * ... * A list of minimum versions of other modules required by the current module. * ... Meaning after running `go mod tidy` go.mod has that MVS build dependency list.