tldr/pages/common/go-vet.md

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