docs: clarify lack of vcs info when building from proxy

closes #3491 Signed-off-by: Carlos A Becker <caarlos0@users.noreply.github.com>
goreleaser · Oct 26, 2022 · 10586bd · 10586bd
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diff --git a/www/docs/cookbooks/build-go-modules.md b/www/docs/cookbooks/build-go-modules.md
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ You can also use `go version -m my_program` to display the go module information
 ## Limitations
 
 1. Extra files will still be copied from the current project's root folder and not from the proxy cache;
-1. You can't build packages that are not contained in the main module.
+1. You can't build packages that are not contained in the main module;
+1. VCS info will not be available.
 
 ## More information
 

diff --git a/www/docs/customization/verifiable_builds.md b/www/docs/customization/verifiable_builds.md
@@ -46,4 +46,8 @@ gomod:
     You can use `debug.ReadBuildInfo()` to get the version/checksum/dependencies
     of the module.
 
+!!! warning
+    VCS Info will not be embedded in the binary, as in practice it is not being
+    built from the source, but from the Go Mod Proxy.
+
 [vgo]: https://research.swtch.com/vgo-repro