- Write type names with a capital letter, so that a variable can have
the name of its type. Write all other package-level names in lower
case.
-- Write all the letters of an initialism in one case.
+- Write all the letters of an initialism in one case. `revive` checks
+ common initialisms.
- Put entry points first, then each struct's methods as a group, then
standalone utility functions. Do not put a utility function between
the methods of one type.
Call `defer cancel()` immediately after you create the context.
- Reuse `ctx` when a child context replaces its parent. Use a different
name only when both contexts stay in use. Return `ctx.Err()` directly.
+- Derive each context from the context of the caller. When work must
+ finish even after the caller is cancelled, such as a final write, use
+ `context.WithoutCancel` of the caller's context. Use
+ `context.Background()` only where no caller context exists: in `run`,
+ and in methods that follow `io.Closer`.
+- Name a duration that limits one operation after that operation, and
+ end the name with `Timeout`, so that the name says what it limits
+ without its comment. Define it in the file that applies it, not in the
+ file of another type.
## Errors
different variable only to keep or join errors.
- Use `errors.Is` and `errors.As` to examine errors. Do not compare an
error directly with a sentinel, because errors can be wrapped.
+ `errorlint` checks comparisons and type assertions on errors.
- When a function has more than one error path, wrap each returned error
with the context of its operation. A function with one error path can
- return the error directly.
+ return the error directly. `wrapcheck` checks package and interface
+ calls, with the exceptions in `.golangci.yml`. Review local calls and
+ the number of error paths by hand.
- When deferred cleanup can fail, use a named `err` result and join the
cleanup error with `errors.Join`.
+## Logs
+
+- Log with the `*slog.Logger` of the part (`daemonLogger`). The handler
+ formats the line; do not format values into the message.
+- Write the message as a short event in plain words, such as "receive
+ failed" or "subagent done". Do not explain what it means or what the
+ user must do.
+- Put names, IDs, counts, and durations in attributes, with short keys
+ (`name`, `id`, `after`, `retry`). Put the cause in `err`; the handler
+ writes it last.
+- Use info for normal events, warn for a failure that is retried or
+ loses nothing, and error for a failure that loses data or stops a
+ part.
+- Never log secrets, tokens, message text, or phone numbers. Redact IDs
+ as the existing code does.
+
## Style
- Keep function signatures on one line. Write function bodies on more
- Put an empty line between logical blocks, also after multiline
declarations, assignments, literals, and calls. Keep an operation with
its immediate error or result check. Keep a short declaration with its
- immediate use.
+ immediate use. `wsl_v5` and `nlreturn` check part of this rule. Review
+ the remaining logical blocks and immediate-use groups by hand.
- Use GNU-style command flags: two dashes for long flags, such as
`--cwd`, and one dash only for one-letter flags, such as `-h`.
- Prefer the Go standard library. Prefer Go over cgo.
- Add tests for meaningful behavior. Do not add tests that only repeat
implementation details.
-- Use `testify/require` for assertions.
+- Use `testify/require` for assertions. `testifylint` checks the
+ assertion forms.
- Name a table-driven case slice `testCases` and its range variable
`tc`. A subtest name describes the behavior, not a generic outcome or
input.