abbrcase

abbrcase

abbrcase is a very simple Go linter that fails and reports when abbreviations in identifiers written in all caps

Install

go install github.com/tuzgen/abbrcase@latest

Rules

The rules below apply to abbreviations defined under the abbrs flag.

• Any identifier that matches an abbreviation should be either all uppercase or all lowercase e.g. http or HTTP, not Http

Example

When abbrs = http

package http // package name should not be reported as an error

import "fmt"

func findOrderByOrderID(orderId string) struct{} {
	return struct{}{}
}

func createHttpServer() {
    //...
}

func createHTTPServer() {
    //...
}

func main() {
	orderID := "asd"
	orderId := "Ads"

	createHTTPServer()
	createHttpServer()
	val := findOrderByOrderID(orderID)
	fmt.Println(orderID, orderId, val)
}

Output

abbrcase 
on  main [?] via  v1.21.3 
❮ ./abbrcase -abbrs=http ./...
/Users/oguztuzgen/Development/personal/abbrcase/examples/example.go:9:6: use all caps abbreviations: Http should be HTTP
/Users/oguztuzgen/Development/personal/abbrcase/examples/example.go:22:2: use all caps abbreviations: Http should be HTTP

Why do you need this?

Any form of static code analysis aims to improve code quality and avoid samey code review comments. This project also aims to tackle the same issues. It is just a niche problem I encountered in my personal experience.