modfmt

This tool merges require blocks in go.mod files since go mod tidy doesn't do it. It also separates the direct and indirect dependencies and sorts them alphabetically.

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Installation

go install go.abhijithota.me/modfmt@latest

Usage

The binary outputs the formatted go.mod to standard output. In your Go project root, run:

modfmt > go.mod

Limitations

I hacked this tool together using the official parser in less than 2 hours and unsurprisingly there are a few drawbacks with this:

• require blocks come last after using this. Can be fixed with little effort I think?
• Comments in require blocks are not preserved.