gochecknoinits

gochecknoinits

Check that no inits functions are present in Go code.

Why

Init functions cause an import to have side effects, and side effects are hard to test, reduce readability and increase the complexity of code.

https://peter.bourgon.org/blog/2017/06/09/theory-of-modern-go.html https://twitter.com/davecheney/status/871939730761547776

Install

go get 4d63.com/gochecknoinits

Usage

gochecknoinits

gochecknoinits ./...

gochecknoinits [path] [path] [path] [etc]

Add -t to include tests.

gochecknoinits -t [path]

Note: Paths are only inspected recursively if the Go /... recursive path suffix is appended to the path.