Go Code is removing a proper import even after adding it

[selfup]

👋

Here is the repo I am using (to help us all figure out what is going on here): https://github.com/selfup/go-cache-http

Current workaround:

https://github.com/selfup/go-cache-http/blob/master/main.go#L8

Problem

There is a UI bug

So I have a lib directory at the root of my project.

I try to import it correctly: "github.com/package-name/lib"

And this tool just makes it disappear! Poof 💥 🚀

I am trying to just import the functions, not force myself to do:

import (
  lib "github.com/user/package-name/lib"
)

// and then do something like
func main() {
  lib.ExportedFunction()
}

I would prefer (since this is an internal library to the package) to do something like:

import (
  "github.com/user/package-name/lib"
)

// and then do something like
func main() {
  ExportedFunction()
}

if I am just doing something wrong please let me know

GIF showing what is happening

I save my work, then it gets rid of it 😂

Conclusion

How am I supposed to import this while using this wonderful tool? 🤔

Unless of course this is convention pushed by the linter then I apologize in advance for all of this!

---

If this is indeed convention, the dropdown should auto match the ending dir name (possibly).

Ex: "github.com/user/package-name/foo" to auto make foo "github.com/user/package-name/foo" if this is going to be forced from a stylistic point of view 😄

[lggomez]

I had a similar problem (in my case, adding undesired/wrong imports) and my workaround was to change the format tool to gofmt. This user setting should do the trick:

"go.formatTool": "gofmt"

[selfup]

Oh thanks I will try this out in a bit 😄

[ramya-rao-a]

@selfup

I am trying to repro this.

• Ran go get github.com/selfup/go-cache-http
• Opened the go-cache-http folder in VS Code
• Removed the lib "github.com/selfup/go-cache-http/lib" line from the import block in main.go file
• Saved the file

Instead of getting the error on missing import, the missing import got added when I saved the file.
This is because the default formatting tool goreturns adds missing imports and removes unused imports.

Is there anything else I should have done to get a repro?

[selfup]

Yea I don't seem to be able to reproduce this anymore 😂

Sorry for the bother! The GIF captured the bad behavior but like you said, it seems to autofix now and is not reproducible.

Thanks for checking it out!

[ramya-rao-a]

No problem, Happy Coding!