From d00fe95f10045140b964306320c75bc5ef6ad822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:15:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade min Go version to 1.8

---
 .travis.yml | 3 ---
 build.go    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 83b495d41..ad3ad047b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ language: go
 sudo: false
 
 go:
-  - 1.7.6
   - 1.8.3
   - tip
 
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - os: osx
-      go: 1.7.6
     - os: osx
       go: tip
     - os: linux
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index d8259d559..57a87edd3 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ func (cs Constants) LDFlags() string {
 
 func main() {
 	ver := runtime.Version()
-	if strings.HasPrefix(ver, "go1") && ver < "go1.7" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Go version %s detected, restic requires at least Go 1.7\n", ver)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(ver, "go1") && ver < "go1.8" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Go version %s detected, restic requires at least Go 1.8\n", ver)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}