Merge pull request #5619 from restic/bump-go-version

bump minimum go version to 1.24

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ jobs:
             go: 1.24.x
             os: ubuntu-latest
             test_fuse: true
-          - job_name: Linux
-            go: 1.23.x
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            test_fuse: true
 
     name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} Go ${{ matrix.go }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

build.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var config = Config{
 	// see https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11448
 	DefaultBuildTags: []string{"selfupdate", "disable_grpc_modules"}, // specify build tags which are always used
 	Tests:            []string{"./..."},                              // tests to run
-	MinVersion:       GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 23, Patch: 0},       // minimum Go version supported
+	MinVersion:       GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 24, Patch: 0},       // minimum Go version supported
 }
 
 // Config configures the build.

changelog/unreleased/pull-4938

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.24 or newer
+
+We have updated all dependencies. Restic now requires Go 1.24 or newer to build.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5619

doc/020_installation.rst

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ From Source
 ***********
 
 restic is written in the Go programming language and you need at least
-Go version 1.23. Building restic may also work with older versions of Go,
+Go version 1.24. Building restic may also work with older versions of Go,
 but that's not supported. See the `Getting
 started <https://go.dev/doc/install>`__ guide of the Go project for
 instructions how to install Go.

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/restic/restic
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.24.0
 
 // keep the old behavior for reparse points on windows until handling reparse points has been improved in restic
 // https://forum.restic.net/t/windows-junction-backup-with-go1-23-or-later/8940