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Remove import

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

Remove an import statement from a Go compilation unit. Matches by import path, in any form (regular, aliased, dot, blank). Unless force is set, an import that the file still references is kept, as are blank (_) and dot (.) imports.

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Options

2 parameters
1 required1 optional
ParameterExampleTypeRequired
packagePathfmtStringRequired
The import path to remove.
forceBooleanOptional
When true, remove the import even if the file still references the package, and remove blank (_) and dot (.) imports.

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 RemoveImport

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