name: gopls description: Use gopls language server for renames or when exploring a go codebase and grep isn't enough

gopls - Go Language Server

Location Format

All commands use <file>:<line>:<column> format (1-indexed).

Commands

# go to definition
gopls definition main.go:16:6

# usages of a symbol
gopls references cmd/root.go:80:6

# types implementing an interface
gopls implementation interface.go:19:6

# list all symbols in a file
gopls symbols cmd/root.go

# search symbols by name across codebase
gopls workspace_symbol "Execute"

# callers and callees of a function
gopls call_hierarchy cmd/root.go:80:6

# check for compile errors (use after edits)
gopls check main.go

# rename symbol
gopls rename -w cmd/root.go:80:6 NewName

Tips

• Use symbols to find the right line:column before other commands
• Pipe to head for large outputs: gopls references ... | head -20