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Go static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your GO code

  • All rules 70
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  • Code Smell29
Filtered: 5 rules found
convention
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Track lack of copyright and license headers

           Code Smell
        2. Statements should be on separate lines

           Code Smell
        3. Local variable and function parameter names should comply with a naming convention

           Code Smell
        4. Lines should not be too long

           Code Smell
        5. Function names should comply with a naming convention

           Code Smell

        Track lack of copyright and license headers

        responsibility - lawful
        maintainability
        Code Smell
        • convention

        Why is this an issue?

        Each source file should start with a header stating file ownership and the license which must be used to distribute the application.

        This rule must be fed with the header text that is expected at the beginning of every file.

        Compliant solution

        /*
         * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
         * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 SonarSource
         * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
         *
         * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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         * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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         * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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         * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
         * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
         */
        
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