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Go Error Handler

by @charlie-morrison

Analyze Go error handling patterns — detect swallowed errors, missing error wrapping, sentinel vs custom error usage, type assertions, and idiomatic error pr...

Versionv1.0.0
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📋 Tips & Best Practices

  • Run errcheck ./... to catch unchecked errors mechanically
  • Use golangci-lint with wrapcheck, errcheck, goerr113 linters
  • For multi-error scenarios use errors.Join (Go 1.20+) or go.uber.org/multierr
  • Always handle defer Close() errors for writers — flushed data may fail to write

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    clawhub install go-error-handler

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