godot

Linter that checks if all top-level comments contain a period at the end of the last sentence if needed.

CodeReviewComments quote:

Comments should begin with the name of the thing being described and end in a period

Install

NOTE: Godot is available as a part of GolangCI Lint (disabled by default).

Build from source

go install github.com/tetafro/godot/cmd/godot@latest

or download binary from releases page.

Config

You can specify options using config file. Use default name .godot.yaml, or set it using -c filename.yaml argument. If no config provided the following defaults are used:

# Which comments to check:
#   declarations - for top level declaration comments (default);
#   toplevel     - for top level comments;
#   noinline     - for all except inline comments;
#   all          - for all comments.
scope: declarations

# List of regexps for excluding particular comment lines from check.
exclude:

# Check periods at the end of sentences.
period: true

# Check that first letter of each sentence is capital.
capital: false

Run

godot ./myproject

Autofix flags are also available

godot -f ./myproject # fix issues and print the result
godot -w ./myproject # fix issues and replace the original file

See all flags with godot -h.

Example

Code

package math

// Sum sums two integers
func Sum(a, b int) int {
    return a + b // result
}

Output

Comment should end in a period: math/math.go:3:1