go vet

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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.

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Examples (6)

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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