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