From 9b24ca75bee441f3475e0b91246b45a7007f8e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ChandanChainani <chainanichan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:02:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/go/tidy: fix incorrect message on no modules

---
 src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
index 1d8f667e76..3e9ccedd3f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/load.go
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ func LoadPackages(ctx context.Context, opts PackageOpts, patterns ...string) (ma
 
 	initialRS := LoadModFile(ctx)
 
-	if len(initialRS.rootModules) == 0 {
-		return matches, loadedPackages
-	}
-
 	ld := loadFromRoots(ctx, loaderParams{
 		PackageOpts:  opts,
 		requirements: initialRS,
@@ -359,6 +355,10 @@ func LoadPackages(ctx context.Context, opts PackageOpts, patterns ...string) (ma
 		},
 	})
 
+	if len(ld.requirements.rootModules) == 0 {
+		return matches, loadedPackages
+	}
+
 	// One last pass to finalize wildcards.
 	updateMatches(ld.requirements, ld)