go-check

name	go-check
description	Run go vet to analyze Go source code for suspicious constructs

Go Check

Use go vet to examine Go source code and report suspicious constructs that the compiler might not catch.

Usage

To vet the current package:

go vet ./...

To vet a specific package:

go vet ./pkg/mypackage

Common Options

• -v — verbose output, listing checked files
• -json — output diagnostics in JSON format
• -vettool=path — use an external vet tool

Analyzers

go vet runs several built-in analyzers including:

• printf — check printf-style format strings
• shadow — check for shadowed variables
• structtag — check struct field tags conform to reflect.StructTag.Get
• unusedresult — check for unused results of calls to certain functions