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go vet — Check Go source code and report suspicious constructs (e.g. lint your Go source files). Go vet retur

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Problem

How to use the go vet command: 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>.

Solution

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

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/go vet

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