goimports

Spec sheet

Purpose

goimports updates Go import lines by adding missing imports and removing unreferenced imports.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Intended users

The documentation presents goimports as a tool for Go developers who want imports corrected and code formatted in their editor workflow.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Support

The package documentation directs users to the Go issue tracker for bugs and feature requests.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

License

The package page identifies its license as BSD-3-Clause and marks it redistributable.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Directory exclusions

It reads `$GOPATH/src/.goimportsignore` to exclude directories from scanning, with blank lines, comments, or directory names and no globbing or regex patterns.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Editor integrations

The documentation describes using goimports with Emacs, Vim, and GoSublime, and says it can be configured for other editors.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Formatting

It formats code in the same style as gofmt and can replace an editor’s gofmt-on-save hook.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Installation

The package page gives `go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest` as the installation command.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Verbose mode

The `-v` flag provides verbose output to help verify directory exclusions and see what goimports is doing.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

Version status

The package page identifies version v0.51.0 and notes that the package is not in the latest version of its module.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkg.go.dev

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Where Specifiction places it

• Code Formatting Tools#17 of 347.7