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+<!--{
+  "Title": "Go Modules Reference",
+  "Subtitle": "Version of Sep 4, 2019",
+  "Path": "/ref/modules"
+}-->
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+this document to HTML before Go 1.14. -->
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+
+## Introduction
+
+## Glossary
+
+## Packages, modules, and versions
+
+## go.mod files
+
+### go.mod file format
+
+### Minimal version selection (MVS)
+
+### Compatibility with non-module repositories
+
+## Module-aware build commands
+
+### Enabling modules
+
+### Initializing modules
+
+### Build commands
+
+### Vendoring
+
+### `go mod download`
+
+### `go mod verify`
+
+### `go mod edit`
+
+### `go clean -modcache`
+
+### Module commands outside a module
+
+## Retrieving modules
+
+### GOPROXY protocol
+
+### Module zip requirements
+
+### Privacy
+
+### Private modules
+
+## Authenticating modules
+
+### go.sum file format
+
+### Checksum database
+
+### Privacy