go-plus 

An Improved Go Experience For The Atom Editor

• Github: https://github.com/joefitzgerald/go-plus
• Atom: https://atom.io/packages/go-plus

Installing

1. Install go-plus: apm install go-plus or open Atom and go to Preferences > Install, search for go-plus, and install it

Overview

This package adds extra Atom functionality for the go language:

• Autocomplete using gocode (you must have the autocomplete-plus package activated for this to work)
• Formatting source using gofmt, goimports, or goreturns
• Code quality inspection using go vet
• Linting using golint
• Syntax checking using go build and go test
• Display of test coverage using go test -coverprofile
• Go to definition using godef

Example

Platforms

The package is currently known to work on OS X, Windows (7+) and Ubuntu. CI jobs exist for OS X and Windows; Ubuntu CI is still in-progress.

Configuration

Defaults

Display Name	Name	Default	Description
Environment Overrides Config	go-plus.environmentOverridesConfiguration	true	Use the environment's value for GOPATH (if set) instead of the configured value for GOPATH (below)
GOPATH	go-plus.goPath	unset	You should set your GOPATH in the environment, and launch Atom using the atom command line tool; if you would like to set it explicitly, you can do so here (e.g. ~/go)
Go Installation Path	go-plus.goInstallation	unset	You should not normally set this; if you have a non-standard go installation path and go is not available on your PATH, you can use this to configure the location to go (e.g. /usr/local/othergo/bin/go or c:\othergo\bin\go.exe)
Run Format Tool On Save	go-plus.formatOnSave	true	Run the configured format tool each time a file is saved
Format Tool	go-plus.formatTool	goimports	Choose one: goimports, goreturns, or gofmt
Format Arguments	go-plus.formatArgs	-w -e	-w will always be used; you can specify additional arguments for the format tool if desired
Run Lint Tool On Save	go-plus.lintOnSave	true	Run golint each time a file is saved
Lint Arguments	go-plus.golintArgs	unset	Arguments to pass to golint (these are not usually needed)
Run Coverage Tool On Save	go-plus.runCoverageOnSave	false	Run go test -coverprofile each time a file is saved
Run Syntax Check On Save	go-plus.syntaxCheckOnSave	true	Run go build / go test each time a file is saved
Run Vet Tool On Save	go-plus.vetOnSave	true	Run go vet each time a file is saved
Vet Arguments	go-plus.vetArgs	unset	Arguments to pass to go vet (these are not usually needed)
Automatically Get Missing Tools	go-plus.getMissingTools	true	Run go get -u to retrieve any tools that are required but not currently available in the go tool directory, the PATH, or your GOPATH
Show Message Panel	go-plus.showPanel	true	Show the go-plus message panel to provide information about issues with your source
Show Message Panel When No Issues Exist	go-plus.showPanelWhenNoIssuesExist	false	Show the go-plus message panel even when no issues exist

Detection Of Your Go Installation

The package will search the following locations (in order) for a go executable:

• All directories specified in the PATH environment variable
• OS X: /usr/local/go/bin (package installer)
• OS X: /usr/local/bin (Homebrew)
• Windows: C:\go\bin (package installer)
• Windows: C:\tools\go\bin (Chocolatey)

If you have go installed somewhere else, and not available on the path, specify the full path to the go executable in the Go Installation preference.

GOPATH

Love it or hate it, GOPATH is very important in go land.

Syntax checking requires a valid GOPATH for the files you are checking. You can set your GOPATH using one of two mechanisms:

• Using the environment: set the $GOPATH environment variable to the correct value
• Using go-plus preferences: set the Go Path preference

The environment (if set) is preferred over the Go Path preference by default. You can change this by updating the Environment Overrides Configuration preference.

The most common reason GOPATH might not be set in the environment is due to the way OS X launches processes. When you launch Atom via processes created by launchd (e.g. using Finder, the Dock, or Spotlight) it likely will not have access to your $GOPATH if you set it in your shell initialization files (e.g. .bash_profile, .bashrc, .zshrc, etc).

Consider launching Atom via your shell – using the Atom Shell Commands – where Atom should inherit your environment. Alternatively, try one of the suggestions at http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/87283 to set the GOPATH for processes launched by launchd (and their children, which will include Atom).

Setting the Go Path preference will ensure that you have a sensible fallback for GOPATH if you have launched Atom without the $GOPATH environment variable set.

If both the Go Path preference and the $GOPATH / %GOPATH% environment variable are empty, go-plus will display a warning and will not perform go build / go test powered syntax checking.

Planned Features

The following features will be added soon:

• godoc integration (#12)
• gb support
• go vendor experiment support
• gorename integration (#174)
• ... and others: https://github.com/joefitzgerald/go-plus/issues

Troubleshooting

GOPATH

Question: Why can't Atom see my GOPATH? I have set it and I see it in terminal?

Answer: Did You Launch Atom Using The Shell Command?

(From Above):

The most common reason GOPATH might not be set in the environment on OS X is due to the way OS X launches processes. When you launch Atom via processes created by launchd (e.g. using Finder, the Dock, or Spotlight) it likely will not have access to your $GOPATH if you set it in your shell initialization files (e.g. .bash_profile, .bashrc, .zshrc, etc).

Consider launching Atom via your shell – using the Atom Shell Commands – where Atom should inherit your environment. Alternatively, try one of the suggestions at http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/87283 to set the GOPATH for processes launched by launchd (and their children, which will include Atom).

Still Having Issues?

If you are having issues and the information above isn't helping, feel free to create an issue at https://github.com/joefitzgerald/go-plus/issues. When you create the issue, please be sure to paste the information from Packages > Go Plus > Display Go Information to help us form a response that is targeted to your situation. This looks something like:

Go: go1.3.3 darwin/amd64 (@/usr/local/bin/go)
GOPATH: /Users/jfitzgerald/go
Cover Tool: /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/cover
Vet Tool: /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/vet
Format Tool: /Users/jfitzgerald/go/bin/goimports
Lint Tool: /Users/jfitzgerald/go/bin/golint
Git: /usr/bin/git
PATH: /Users/jfitzgerald/go/bin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/jfitzgerald/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/jfitzgerald/go/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/texbin
Atom: 0.143.0 (darwin x64 14.0.0)

Contributors

A list of contributors can be found at https://github.com/joefitzgerald/go-plus/graphs/contributors. Joe Fitzgerald (@joefitzgerald) is the maintainer of this project.

Contributing

Contributions are greatly appreciated. Please fork this repository, make your changes, and open a pull request. See Contributing for detailed instructions.