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.

• 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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