gotags
gotags is a ctags-compatible tag generator for Go.
Installation
Go version 1.1 or higher is required. Install or update gotags using the
go get command:
go get -u github.com/jstemmer/gotags
Or using package manager brew on OS X
brew install gotags
Usage
gotags [options] file(s)
-L="": source file names are read from the specified file. If file is "-", input is read from standard in.
-R=false: recurse into directories in the file list.
-f="": write output to specified file. If file is "-", output is written to standard out.
-silent=false: do not produce any output on error.
-sort=true: sort tags.
-tag-relative=false: file paths should be relative to the directory containing the tag file.
-v=false: print version.
Vim Tagbar configuration
Put the following configuration in your vimrc:
let g:tagbar_type_go = {
\ 'ctagstype' : 'go',
\ 'kinds' : [
\ 'p:package',
\ 'i:imports:1',
\ 'c:constants',
\ 'v:variables',
\ 't:types',
\ 'n:interfaces',
\ 'w:fields',
\ 'e:embedded',
\ 'm:methods',
\ 'r:constructor',
\ 'f:functions'
\ ],
\ 'sro' : '.',
\ 'kind2scope' : {
\ 't' : 'ctype',
\ 'n' : 'ntype'
\ },
\ 'scope2kind' : {
\ 'ctype' : 't',
\ 'ntype' : 'n'
\ },
\ 'ctagsbin' : 'gotags',
\ 'ctagsargs' : '-sort -silent'
\ }
Vim+Tagbar Screenshot
gotags with Emacs
Gotags doesn't have support for generating etags yet, but
gotags-el allows you to use
gotags directly in Emacs.