fmt

What it does

From the docs, running go fmt runs this:

$ gofmt -l -w PACKAGEES

Help

• gofmt cheatsheet.
• fmt help:

    $ go help fmt
  

• gofmt help:

    $ go doc cmd/gofmt
  

Usage

usage: go fmt [-n] [-x] [packages]

Flags

The flags on go fmt are limited to two. Use gofmt if you want more control.

Flag	Description
-n	Dry-run. Prints commands that would be executed.
-x	Trace. Prints commands as they are executed.

For more control, use the standalone gofmt command directly.

Examples

Dry run

$ go fmt -n main.go
/Users/mcurrin/.local/go/bin/gofmt -l -w main.go

$ go fmt -n ./...
/Users/mcurrin/.local/go/bin/gofmt -l -w internal/greetings.go
/Users/mcurrin/.local/go/bin/gofmt -l -w main.go