woodpecker/vendor/github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen/README.md
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varnamelen
==========
A Go Analyzer checking that the length of a variable's name matches its usage scope.
A variable with a short name can be hard to use if the variable is used over a longer span of lines of code.
A longer variable name may be easier to comprehend.
The analyzer can check variable names, method receiver names, as well as named return values.
Conventional Go parameters such as `ctx context.Context` or `t *testing.T` will always be ignored.
**Example output**
```
test.go:4:2: variable name 'x' is too short for the scope of its usage (varnamelen)
x := 123
^
test.go:6:2: variable name 'i' is too short for the scope of its usage (varnamelen)
i := 10
^
```
Standalone Usage
----------------
The `cmd/` folder provides a standalone command line utility. You can build it like this:
```
go build -o varnamelen ./cmd/
```
**Usage**
```
varnamelen: checks that the length of a variable's name matches its scope
Usage: varnamelen [-flag] [package]
A variable with a short name can be hard to use if the variable is used
over a longer span of lines of code. A longer variable name may be easier
to comprehend.
Flags:
-V print version and exit
-all
no effect (deprecated)
-c int
display offending line with this many lines of context (default -1)
-checkReceiver
check method receiver names
-checkReturn
check named return values
-cpuprofile string
write CPU profile to this file
-debug string
debug flags, any subset of "fpstv"
-fix
apply all suggested fixes
-flags
print analyzer flags in JSON
-ignoreNames value
comma-separated list of ignored variable names
-json
emit JSON output
-maxDistance int
maximum number of lines of variable usage scope considered 'short' (default 5)
-memprofile string
write memory profile to this file
-minNameLength int
minimum length of variable name considered 'long' (default 3)
-source
no effect (deprecated)
-tags string
no effect (deprecated)
-trace string
write trace log to this file
-v no effect (deprecated)
```
License
-------
This package is licensed under the MIT license.