fatih / vim-go
Go development plugin for Vim
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Repository Overview (README excerpt)
Crawler viewvim-go Features This plugin adds Go language support for Vim, with the following main features: • Compile your package with , install it with or test it with . Run a single test with ). • Quickly execute your current file(s) with . • Improved syntax highlighting and folding. • Debug programs with integrated support with . • Completion and many other features support via . • formatting on save keeps the cursor position and undo history. • Go to symbol/declaration with . • Look up documentation with or . • Easily import packages via , remove them via . • Precise type-safe renaming of identifiers with . • See which code is covered by tests with . • Add or remove tags on struct fields with and . • Lint your code with or , run your code through to catch static errors, or make sure errors are checked with . • Advanced source analysis utilizing , such as , , and . • ... and many more! Please see doc/vim-go.txt for more information. • Integration with . • The instance can be shared with other Vim plugins. • Vim-go's use of can be disabled and alternative tools can be used when desired. • Integration with via . • Integration with and other snippet engines. Install vim-go requires at least Vim 8.2.5072 or Neovim 0.4.0. The **latest stable release** is the recommended version to use. If you choose to use the master branch instead, please do so with caution; it is a _development_ branch. vim-go follows the standard runtime path structure. Below are some helper lines for popular package managers: • Vim 8 packages • • Neovim packages • • Pathogen • • vim-plug • • Vundle • You will also need to install all the necessary binaries. vim-go makes it easy to install all of them by providing a command, , which will all the required binaries. Check out the Install section in the documentation for more detailed instructions ( ). Usage The full documentation can be found at doc/vim-go.txt. You can display it from within Vim with . Depending on your installation method, you may have to generate the plugin's manually (e.g. ). We also have a tutorial in the official vim-go wiki. FAQ and troubleshooting The FAQ and troubleshooting tips are in the documentation and can be quickly accessed using . If you believe you've found a bug or shortcoming in vim-go that is neither addressed by help nor in existing issues, please open an issue with clear reproduction steps. can be used pre-populate a lot of the information needed when creating a new issue. Contributing All PRs are welcome. If you are planning to contribute a large patch or to integrate a new tool, please create an issue first to get any upfront questions or design decisions out of the way first. You can run the tests locally by running . It will lint the VimL for you, lint the documentation, and run the tests against the minimum required version of Vim, other versions of Vim that may be critical to support, and Neovim. License The BSD 3-Clause License - see for more details