/gofumpt

A stricter gofmt

Primary LanguageGoBSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

gofumpt

GO111MODULE=on go get mvdan.cc/gofumpt

Enforce a stricter format than gofmt, while being backwards compatible. That is, gofumpt is happy with a subset of the formats that gofmt is happy with.

The tool is a modified fork of gofmt, so it can be used as a drop-in replacement. Running gofmt after gofumpt should be a no-op. For example:

gofumpt -l -w .

Most of the Go source files in this repository belong to the Go project. The added formatting rules are in the format package.

Added rules

No empty lines at the beginning or end of a function

example
func foo() {
	println("bar")

}
func foo() {
	println("bar")
}

No empty lines around a lone statement (or comment) in a block

example
if err != nil {

	return err
}
if err != nil {
	return err
}

No empty lines before a simple error check

example
foo, err := processFoo()

if err != nil {
	return err
}
foo, err := processFoo()
if err != nil {
	return err
}

Composite literals should use newlines consistently

example
// A newline before or after an element requires newlines for the opening and
// closing braces.
var ints = []int{1, 2,
	3, 4}

// A newline between consecutive elements requires a newline between all
// elements.
var matrix = [][]int{
	{1},
	{2}, {
		3,
	},
}
var ints = []int{
	1, 2,
	3, 4,
}

var matrix = [][]int{
	{1},
	{2},
	{
		3,
	},
}

Empty field lists should use a single line

example
var V interface {
} = 3

type T struct {
}

func F(
)
var V interface{} = 3

type T struct{}

func F()

std imports must be in a separate group at the top

example
import (
	"foo.com/bar"

	"io"

	"io/ioutil"
)
import (
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"

	"foo.com/bar"
)

Short case clauses should take a single line

example
switch c {
case 'a', 'b',
	'c', 'd':
}
switch c {
case 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd':
}

Multiline top-level declarations must be separated by empty lines

example
func foo() {
	println("multiline foo")
}
func bar() {
	println("multiline bar")
}
func foo() {
	println("multiline foo")
}

func bar() {
	println("multiline bar")
}

Single var declarations should not be grouped with parentheses

example
var (
	foo = "bar"
)
var foo = "bar"

Contiguous top-level declarations should be grouped together

example
var nicer = "x"
var with = "y"
var alignment = "z"
var (
	nicer     = "x"
	with      = "y"
	alignment = "z"
)

Simple var-declaration statements should use short assignments

example
var s = "somestring"
s := "somestring"

The -s code simplification flag is enabled by default

example
var _ = [][]int{[]int{1}}
var _ = [][]int{{1}}

Octal integer literals should use the 0o prefix on modules using Go 1.13 and later

example
const perm = 0755
const perm = 0o755

Comments which aren't Go directives should start with a whitespace

example
//go:noinline

//Foo is awesome.
func Foo() {}
//go:noinline

// Foo is awesome.
func Foo() {}

Composite literals should not have leading or trailing empty lines

example
var _ = []string{

	"foo",

}

var _ = map[string]string{

	"foo": "bar",

}
var _ = []string{
	"foo",
}

var _ = map[string]string{
	"foo": "bar",
}

Extra rules behind -extra

Adjacent parameters with the same type should be grouped together

example
func Foo(bar string, baz string) {}
func Foo(bar, baz string) {}

Installation

gofumpt is a replacement for gofmt, so you can simply go get it as described at the top of this README and use it.

When using an IDE or editor with Go integration based on gopls, it's best to configure the editor to use the gofumpt support built into gopls.

The instructions below show how to set up gofumpt for some of the major editors out there.

Visual Studio Code

Enable the language server following the official docs, and then enable gopls's gofumpt option. Note that VS Code will complain about the gopls settings, but they will still work.

"go.useLanguageServer": true,
"gopls": {
	"formatting.gofumpt": true,
},

GoLand

GoLand doesn't use gopls so it should be configured to use gofumpt directly. Once gofumpt is installed, follow the steps below:

  • Open Settings (File > Settings)
  • Open the Tools section
  • Find the File Watchers sub-section
  • Click on the + on the right side to add a new file watcher
  • Choose Custom Template

When a window asks for settings, you can enter the following:

  • File Types: Select all .go files
  • Scope: Project Files
  • Program: Select your gofumpt executable
  • Arguments: -w $FilePath$
  • Output path to refresh: $FilePath$
  • Working directory: $ProjectFileDir$
  • Environment variables: GOROOT=$GOROOT$;GOPATH=$GOPATH$;PATH=$GoBinDirs$

To avoid unecessary runs, you should disable all checkboxes in the Advanced section.

Vim-go

Ensure you are at least running version v1.24, and set up gopls for formatting code with gofumpt:

let g:go_fmt_command="gopls"
let g:go_gopls_gofumpt=1

Govim

With a new enough version of govim, simply configure gopls to use gofumpt:

call govim#config#Set("Gofumpt", 1)

Sublime Text

With ST4, install the Sublime Text LSP extension according to the documentation, and enable gopls's gofumpt option in the LSP package settings, including setting lsp_format_on_save to true.

"lsp_format_on_save": true,
"clients":
{
	"gopls":
	{
		"enabled": true,
		"initializationOptions": {
			"gofumpt": true,
		}
	}
}

Roadmap

This tool is a place to experiment. In the long term, the features that work well might be proposed for gofmt itself.

The tool is also compatible with gofmt and is aimed to be stable, so you can rely on it for your code as long as you pin a version of it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why attempt to replace gofmt instead of building on top of it?

Our design is to build on top of gofmt, and we'll never add rules which disagree with its formatting. So we extend gofmt rather than compete with it.

The tool is a modified copy of gofmt, for the purpose of allowing its use as a drop-in replacement in editors and scripts.

Why are my module imports being grouped with standard library imports?

Any import paths that don't start with a domain name like foo.com are effectively reserved by the Go toolchain. Otherwise, adding new standard library packages like embed would be a breaking change. See golang/go#32819.

Third party modules should use domain names to avoid conflicts. If your module is meant for local use only, you can use foo.local. For small example or test modules, example/... and test/... may be reserved if a proposal is accepted; see golang/go#37641.

How can I use gofumpt if I already use goimports to replace gofmt?

Most editors have replaced the goimports program with the same functionality provided by a language server like gopls. This mechanism is significantly faster and more powerful, since the language server has more information that is kept up to date, necessary to add missing imports.

As such, the general recommendation is to let your editor fix your imports - either via gopls, such as VSCode or vim-go, or via their own custom implementation, such as GoLand. Then follow the install instructions above to enable the use of gofumpt instead of gofmt.

If you want to avoid integrating with gopls, and are OK with the overhead of calling goimports from scratch on each save, you should be able to call both tools; for example, goimports file.go && gofumpt file.go.

License

Note that much of the code is copied from Go's gofmt command. You can tell which files originate from the Go repository from their copyright headers. Their license file is LICENSE.google.

gofumpt's original source files are also under the 3-clause BSD license, with the separate file LICENSE.