Google Go Style Decisions

Detailed Google decisions on naming, comments, imports, errors, language usage, standard-library choices, and testing style.

• Author: Google
• Authority: community
• Kind: guide
• URL: https://google.github.io/styleguide/go/decisions

What it covers

• naming decisions
• comment and import rules
• error and testing guidance

Why authoritative

Detailed Google review guidance that expands the canonical style guide with concrete style decisions.

Use when

• what do Google Go style decisions say here
• how would Google readability review this Go code
• what naming or import rule does Google Go style use

Keywords

• google go style decisions, google readability, imports, error strings, initialisms, testing style

Used by

• package-names
• docs-comments
• receiver-choice
• interface-design
• package-and-import-semantics
• zero-values
• error-handling
• panic-and-recover
• nil-vs-empty-slices
• literal-syntax
• context-propagation
• context-values
• logging-slog
• generics
• subtests
• table-driven-tests
• test-helpers
• testing
• identifier-naming-and-initialisms
• import-style
• error-strings-and-error-flow
• test-failure-messages
• flags-and-cli-structure