From bceade5ef8ab6d28ad363cd7ca60a9be89990a00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Matloob <matloob@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:53:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc/next: add release note for work package pattern

For #71294
Fixes #50745

Change-Id: Iff05e98ac860a1764d4c59572f9abc3ae8d9c5fb
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/658495
Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org>
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Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Donovan <adonovan@google.com>
---
 doc/next/3-tools.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/next/3-tools.md b/doc/next/3-tools.md
index 68017c8def..977c89670c 100644
--- a/doc/next/3-tools.md
+++ b/doc/next/3-tools.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ These new error reports may be disabled by setting
 `ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0` in the environment when running the
 program.
 
+<!-- go.dev/issue/71294 -->
+
+The new `work` package pattern matches all packages in the work (formerly called main)
+modules: either the single work module in module mode or the set of workspace modules
+in workspace mode.
+
 <!-- go.dev/issue/65847 -->
 
 When the go command updates the `go` line in a `go.mod` or `go.work` file,