GO-FMT(1)

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version 1.27~1 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💅 go-fmt — bestie edition ✨

okay so. go-fmt is literally the glow-up station for your Go package sources. it's gofmt (reformat) but make it a go command. iykyk 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea, bestie: Fmt runs the command gofmt -l -w on the packages named by the import paths. periodt. and then — because it's a considerate icon — it prints the names of the files that are modified. so you know what got touched. 👑

want more lore on gofmt itself? go read go doc cmd/gofmt. want the full breakdown on how to name your packages? that's go help packages. no cap, both are worth it. 📚

now, the flags. keep up:

  • the -n flag prints commands that would be executed. like a lil preview. manifesting but make it CLI. 🙈
  • the -x flag prints commands as they are executed. live commentary, real-time, main character energy. 🔥

and then there's the -mod flag — its value sets which module download mode to use: readonly or vendor. that's the whole menu, bestie, pick one. for more deets see go help modules. 💖

⚠️ real talk though — if you want to run gofmt with specific options, run gofmt itself. go fmt is not the one for that. it's giving "different tool, different job". don't make it awkward. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • go fix(1)
  • go vet(1)

like, go look at them. they're right there. slay. ✨

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was created using help2man and afterwards updating the output. (yes, that's the actual process. iconic? debatable. honest? absolutely. 💅)

it is maintained by the Debian Go Compiler Team <team+go-compiler@tracker.debian.org> for the Debian project (and may be used by others). give them their flowers, they earned them. 🌸

✨ and that's a wrap on this one, bestie ✨

this page is chillin' under Go 1.27, dated August 2026. go forth and format responsibly. 💜🎀🦋

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