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TL;DR

go vet

Check Go source code and report suspicious constructs (e.g. lint your Go source files). Go vet returns a non-zero exit code if problems are found; returns a zero exit code if no problems are found. More information: https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/vet.

  • Check the Go package in the current directory:

go vet

  • Check the Go package in the specified path:

go vet path/to/file_or_directory

  • List available checks that can be run with go vet:

go tool vet help

  • View details and flags for a particular check:

go tool vet help check_name

  • Display offending lines plus N lines of surrounding context:

go vet -c=N

  • Output analysis and errors in JSON format:

go vet -json

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