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   2 name: go-code
   3 description: Go style rules. Use before you write or review Go code.
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   5
   6 # Go code
   7
   8 ## Packages and files
   9
  10 - Keep Go code in one root `main` package. Do not add `internal/`,
  11   `cmd/`, or one-file packages until the user asks for them.
  12 - Keep `main.go` limited to the entry point. Name other files for their
  13   function. Do not create `main_test.go`.
  14 - A file carries its own context. Keep each struct and all of its
  15   methods in one file. Give a separate responsibility its own type.
  16 - When code in one file gets a user in another file for an unrelated
  17   purpose, move it to a file named for its function in the same change.
  18 - Start each package-level name that belongs to one feature or
  19   integration with the name of that feature. Start the names of its
  20   files with the same name. Keep a name generic only when more than one
  21   feature uses it.
  22 - Use unexported names. In the `main` package, an exported name has no
  23   effect.
  24 - Write all the letters of an initialism in one case.
  25 - Put entry points first, then each struct's methods as a group, then
  26   standalone utility functions. Do not put a utility function between
  27   the methods of one type.
  28 - In each group, order functions by first use in the file.
  29
  30 ## Entry point and context
  31
  32 - `main` calls `run()` and handles its returned error. Do not use
  33   `log.Fatal`.
  34 - `run()` creates the SIGINT/SIGTERM signal context and defers its
  35   cancellation. Pass that context through operations and let cleanup
  36   finish before `main` exits.
  37 - Use `ctx` for a context and `cancel` for its cancellation function.
  38   Call `defer cancel()` immediately after you create the context.
  39 - Reuse `ctx` when a child context replaces its parent. Use a different
  40   name only when both contexts stay in use. Return `ctx.Err()` directly.
  41
  42 ## Errors
  43
  44 - Handle every returned error.
  45 - Reuse an existing `err` for later operations in the same scope. Use a
  46   different variable only to keep or join errors.
  47 - Use `errors.Is` and `errors.As` to examine errors. Do not compare an
  48   error directly with a sentinel, because errors can be wrapped.
  49 - When a function has more than one error path, wrap each returned error
  50   with the context of its operation. A function with one error path can
  51   return the error directly.
  52 - When deferred cleanup can fail, use a named `err` result and join the
  53   cleanup error with `errors.Join`.
  54
  55 ## Style
  56
  57 - Keep function signatures on one line. Write function bodies on more
  58   than one line, also for anonymous functions, deferred cleanup, and
  59   test callbacks.
  60 - Do not use short `if` initializers.
  61 - Use a one-letter receiver name for each method.
  62 - Use field names in struct literals. Put each field on its own line
  63   when you set more than one field. This includes the cases of a
  64   table-driven test. A small type of two fields that acts as one value,
  65   such as a key or a coordinate pair, can use a positional literal on
  66   one line.
  67 - Put an empty line between logical blocks, also after multiline
  68   declarations, assignments, literals, and calls. Keep an operation with
  69   its immediate error or result check. Keep a short declaration with its
  70   immediate use.
  71 - Use GNU-style command flags: two dashes for long flags, such as
  72   `--cwd`, and one dash only for one-letter flags, such as `-h`.
  73 - Prefer the Go standard library. Prefer Go over cgo.
  74 - Do not add compile-time interface assertions. Prove compatibility
  75   through actual assignments and calls.
  76 - Use `// nolint: name` for lint directives.
  77
  78 ## Dependencies
  79
  80 - After a change to `go.mod` or `go.sum`, update `vendorHash` in
  81   `nix/package.nix`. While the module has no dependencies, `vendorHash`
  82   is `null`.
  83
  84 ## Tests
  85
  86 - Add tests for meaningful behavior. Do not add tests that only repeat
  87   implementation details.
  88 - Use `testify/require` for assertions.
  89 - Name a table-driven case slice `testCases` and its range variable
  90   `tc`. A subtest name describes the behavior, not a generic outcome or
  91   input.
  92 - In a test file, put constants immediately after the imports, then the
  93   tests, then supporting types, methods, and helpers.
  94 - Supply valid required dependencies in tests. Do not make a dependency
  95   optional only to make a test simpler.