Support for v2 apis from delve, new linters, customizable colors in code coverage and more!

Features

• Luis GG (@lggomez)

  • Use debug configuration to choose to use version 2 of delve apis when debugging. Feature Request 1555 implemented with PR 1647. This enables you to set configuration to increase the size of arrays and strings that are watchable during debugging which fixes Bug 868

• @golangci

  • Support the use of golangci-lint as a linter. Feature Request 1693 implemented with PR 1693

• Minko Gechev (@mgechev) and Mark Wolfe (@wolfeidau)

  • Support the use of revive as a linter. Feature Request 1697 implemented with PR 1699, PR 1703 and commit d31636

• Kent Quirk (@kentquirk)

  • Customize the colors used in highlighting covered/uncovered code or the gutter styles used to indicated covered/uncovered code using the setting go.coverageDecorator. Feature Request 1302 implemented with PR 1695.

• Shreyas Karnik (@shreyu86)

  • Include exported member name in completions when starting a comment above it. Use Ctrl+Space to trigger completions inside comments. Feature Request 1005 implemented with PR 1675 and PR 1706

• Frederik Ring (@m90), Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

  • Get code completion and formatting features when using language server. Use the new setting go.languageServerExperimentalFeatures to opt-in to try such new features from the language server that might not be feature complete yet. Feature Request 1593 implemented with PR 1607

• Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

  • Resolve ~, ${workspaceRoot}, ${workspaceFolder} in the go.testFlags setting. Feature Request 928
  • Ensure Go: Add Import shows up the list of imports ASAP. Fixes Feature Request 1450
  • Prompt user to install missing tool when they change either of go.formatTool, go.lintTool or go.docsTool setting to a tool that they dont have installed yet.
  • Pass the environment variables in the go.toolsEnvVars setting to the process that runs the language server.
  • Include the GOPATH from environment variable in the inferred GOPATH when go.inferGopath setting is enabled. Feature Request 1525

Bug Fixes

• Kent Quirk (@kentquirk)

  • Fix code coverage when code is covered by multiple tests. Bug 1683.

• Nuruddin Ashr (@uudashr)

  • Imrpove performance when using gopkgs. Fixes Bug 1490 with PR 1658
  • Internal packages at the root of GOROOT should not be importable. PR 1681.

• Gordon Tyler (@doxxx)

  • Fix the improper usage of Cancellation Tokens that resulted in lint/vet processes getting cancelled. PR 1704

• Luis GG (@lggomez)

  • Exlcude parameters in the function snippet in auto-completions if there is a () after cursor. Fixes Bug 1655 with PR 1696

• Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

  • Support Go to Definition feature when the entire symbol is selected with cursor at the end. Fixes Bug 891.