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Use errors.New for simple errors

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.golang.codequality.UseErrorsNewForSimpleErrors
Artifactgithub.com/moderneinc/recipes-go

Replace fmt.Errorf("static message") with errors.New("static message") when there are no format verbs.

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Usage​

Run this recipe

In order to run Go recipes, you will need to use the Moderne CLI. For Go specific configuration instructions, please see our configuring Go guide.

Once the CLI is installed, you can run the recipe via:

Run the recipe
mod run . --recipe UseErrorsNewForSimpleErrors

If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:

Installing without a pinned version lets mod config recipes upgrade pull in later versions without editing this command; a pinned version stays where you put it.

Install the recipe module
mod config recipes go install github.com/moderneinc/recipes-go