golang/vscode-go v0.51.1

Release v0.51.1

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This is the pre-release version of v0.52.0.

Date: 2025-10-27

Full Changelog: v0.50.0-rc.1...v0.51.1
Milestone: https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/issues?q=milestone%3Av0.52.0

Changes

• Added a new field, 'compilerDetails', on the 'go.editorContextMenuCommands' setting that when set to true will show the "Go: Toggle compiler optimization details" command in the context menu.

Important

• To ensure the extension remains fully compatible and stable, the required
  minimum Go version remains Go 1.23. A new notification will now be sent to help
  users running older versions upgrade to Go 1.23+.

Changse

• Tool Management Refactoring: The extension now correctly uses the tools
  specified in the "go.lintTool" and "go.formatTool" settings.

  • Linting: The extension will now run the linter specified in "go.lintTool"
    in addition to gopls's diagnostics. If you have staticcheck enabled in both
    "go.lintTool" and gopls, you may see duplicate diagnostics. For better
    performance, we recommend using the gopls integration for staticcheck.
    You can learn more in the gopls analyzer.

    • To run the partial set of staticcheck analyzers from gopls, leave
      "go.lintTool" and "gopls.ui.diagnostic.staticcheck" unset.
    • To run the full set of staticcheck analyzers from gopls, leave
      "go.lintTool" unset and configure it through gopls:

      "gopls": {
        "ui.diagnostic.staticcheck": true
      }

    • To run the staticcheck binary, set through "go.lintTool" and disable staticcheck analyzers from gopls.

      "go.lintTool": "staticcheck",
      "gopls": {
        "ui.diagnostic.staticcheck": false
      }

  • Formatting: The extension will now use the formatter specified in
    "go.formatTool". We recommend using gopls for formatting, as it includes
    support for both gofmt and gofumpt. For configuration details, see the
    gopls formatting.

    • To format with gofumpt via gopls, leave "go.formatTool" unset or
      "default" and configure it through gopls:

      "gopls": {
        "formatting.gofumpt": true
      }

    • To format with gofmt, simply leave "go.formatTool" unset or "default".
    • To format with gofumpt binary, configure it through "go.formatTool"

      "go.formatTool": "gofumpt"

Fixes

• Corrected an issue where clicking on a failing test in the Test Explorer would
  open a non-existent Go file (#3853). This occurred when the test
  entry point (e.g., .../foo_test.go) was in a different directory than the file
  where the failure actually occurred (e.g., .../bar/bar_test.go).

• Fixed an issue where "go.formatTool" and "go.lintTool" were not correctly
  overridden by tools specified in "go.alternateTools" (#3861,
  #3862).

• Resolved a problem where staticcheck was being installed automatically even
  when it was not in use (#3898).