diff --git a/go/cmd/mesh-compose/reads-outside b/go/cmd/mesh-compose/reads-outside
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/go/cmd/mesh-compose/reads-outside
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These tests read files outside this directory (the whole catalogue, the repository, or its root files): mesh-build-go never keeps this package's verdict (issue 1935).
diff --git a/go/internal/beside/reads-outside b/go/internal/beside/reads-outside
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b2d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/beside/reads-outside
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These tests read files outside this directory (the whole catalogue, the repository, or its root files): mesh-build-go never keeps this package's verdict (issue 1935).
diff --git a/go/packageguard/reads-outside b/go/packageguard/reads-outside
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b2d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/packageguard/reads-outside
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These tests read files outside this directory (the whole catalogue, the repository, or its root files): mesh-build-go never keeps this package's verdict (issue 1935).
diff --git a/go/reads-outside b/go/reads-outside
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b2d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/reads-outside
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These tests read files outside this directory (the whole catalogue, the repository, or its root files): mesh-build-go never keeps this package's verdict (issue 1935).