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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 94
  • Vulnerability21
  • Bug13
  • Security Hotspot14
  • Code Smell46
 
Tags
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Context should not be stored in struct fields

           Code Smell
        2. Context parameters should be reused instead of creating new background contexts

           Code Smell
        3. Package imports should be consistent and avoid redundancy

           Code Smell
        4. Variables should be used

           Code Smell
        5. Consecutive function parameters with the same type should be grouped

           Code Smell
        6. Named types should be used instead of anonymous structs for complex nested structures

           Code Smell
        7. Use "bytes.Equal" instead of "bytes.Compare" for equality checks

           Code Smell
        8. Single-method interface names should follow Go naming conventions

           Code Smell
        9. Variables in if short statements should be used beyond just the condition

           Code Smell
        10. Context cancellation functions should be deferred

           Code Smell
        11. Blank imports should be documented to explain their purpose

           Code Smell
        12. Function and method names should not use "Get" prefix

           Code Smell
        13. Semicolons should not be used unnecessarily

           Code Smell
        14. Import statements should be factored into a single block

           Code Smell
        15. Functions should follow Go's explicit error handling patterns

           Code Smell
        16. Multi-line comments should not be empty

           Code Smell
        17. Functions should not have identical implementations

           Code Smell
        18. Cognitive Complexity of functions should not be too high

           Code Smell
        19. Go parser failure

           Code Smell
        20. Boolean checks should not be inverted

           Code Smell
        21. Two branches in a conditional structure should not have exactly the same implementation

           Code Smell
        22. "switch" statements should not be nested

           Code Smell
        23. "switch" statements should not have too many "case" clauses

           Code Smell
        24. Track lack of copyright and license headers

           Code Smell
        25. Functions and methods should not have too many lines

           Code Smell
        26. Control flow statements "if", "for" and "switch" should not be nested too deeply

           Code Smell
        27. Octal values should not be used

           Code Smell
        28. "switch" statements should have "default" clauses

           Code Smell
        29. "if ... else if" constructs should end with "else" clauses

           Code Smell
        30. Statements should be on separate lines

           Code Smell
        31. String literals should not be duplicated

           Code Smell
        32. Functions should not be empty

           Code Smell
        33. Unused function parameters should be removed

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

           Code Smell
        35. "switch case" clauses should not have too many lines

           Code Smell
        36. Track uses of "TODO" tags

           Code Smell
        37. Track uses of "FIXME" tags

           Code Smell
        38. Boolean literals should not be redundant

           Code Smell
        39. Empty statements should be removed

           Code Smell
        40. Redundant pairs of parentheses should be removed

           Code Smell
        41. Nested blocks of code should not be left empty

           Code Smell
        42. Functions should not have too many parameters

           Code Smell
        43. Expressions should not be too complex

           Code Smell
        44. Files should not have too many lines of code

           Code Smell
        45. Lines should not be too long

           Code Smell
        46. 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
         * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
         * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
         * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
         *
         * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
         * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
         * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
         * Lesser General Public License for more details.
         *
         * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
         * 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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