upgrade-go-version.md

Upgrade Go version

We recommend the practices outlined in this documentation when you upgrade Go for use in Grafana development.

Example PR

Refer to the following PR for an example of how to perform a Go upgrade:

• PR ##79329

Main areas to update

Change at least the following parts of Go and related files:

• go.mod
• go.work
• scripts/drone/variables.star
• Makefile
• Dockerfile

Then, run go mod tidy and go work sync. Also, run make drone so changes reflect the updates to .star and drone.yml files.

Additional files to change

• Look in the .github/workflows folder for what Go version is being used there in various workflows.
• Make sure to create a PR with the corresponding changes in the grafana/grafana-enterprise repository.