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Format on Save in Go with VS Code [2023]

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Setting up your VS Code environment to enforce the standard linting and formatting rules can save you a ton of time.

I use the following settings: { // format all files on save if a formatter is available "editor.formatOnSave": true, // I use "goimports" instead of "gofmt" // because it does the same thing but also formats imports "go.formatTool": "goimports", // go-specific settings "[go]": {"editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {"source.organizeImports": true }}, "[go.mod]": {"editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {"source.organizeImports": true }}, }