build: update to go1.26 and make go1.25 the minimum required version

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        job_name: ['linux', 'linux_386', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows', 'other_os', 'go1.24']
+        job_name: ['linux', 'linux_386', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows', 'other_os', 'go1.25']
 
         include:
           - job_name: linux
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             gotags: cmount
             build_flags: '-include "^linux/"'
             check: true
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: linux_386
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             goarch: 386
             gotags: cmount
             quicktest: true
 
           - job_name: mac_amd64
             os: macos-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             gotags: 'cmount'
             build_flags: '-include "^darwin/amd64" -cgo'
             quicktest: true
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: mac_arm64
             os: macos-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             gotags: 'cmount'
             build_flags: '-include "^darwin/arm64" -cgo -macos-arch arm64 -cgo-cflags=-I/usr/local/include -cgo-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib'
             deploy: true
 
           - job_name: windows
             os: windows-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             gotags: cmount
             cgo: '0'
             build_flags: '-include "^windows/"'
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: other_os
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '~1.25.7'
+            go: '~1.26.0'
             build_flags: '-exclude "^(windows/|darwin/|linux/)"'
             compile_all: true
             deploy: true
 
-          - job_name: go1.24
+          - job_name: go1.25
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '1.24'
+            go: '~1.25.7'
             quicktest: true
             racequicktest: true
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup-go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.24.0'
+          go-version: '~1.26.0'
           check-latest: true
           cache: false
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.25.7'
+          go-version: '~1.26.0'
 
       - name: Set global environment variables
         run: |

docs/content/install.md

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ not the rclone developers so it may be out of date. Its current version is as be
 ## Source installation {#source}
 
 Make sure you have git and [Go](https://golang.org/) installed.
-Go version 1.24 or newer is required, the latest release is recommended.
+Go version 1.25 or newer is required, the latest release is recommended.
 You can get it from your package manager, or download it from
 [golang.org/dl](https://golang.org/dl/). Then you can run the following:
 

fs/versioncheck.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !go1.24
+//go:build !go1.25
 
 package fs
 
-// Upgrade to Go version 1.24 to compile rclone - latest stable go
+// Upgrade to Go version 1.25 to compile rclone - latest stable go
 // compiler recommended.
-func init() { Go_version_1_24_required_for_compilation() }
+func init() { Go_version_1_25_required_for_compilation() }

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/rclone/rclone
 
-go 1.24.4
+go 1.25.0
 
 godebug x509negativeserial=1