Formatting a single import

[rhodeon]

What version of GCI are you using?

v0.13.6 (via golangci-lint)

Details

Currently, single-imports seem to be ignored.

package main

import "time"

formats as:

package main

import "time"

and

package main

import (
	"time"
)

formats as:

package main

import (
	"time"
)

As shown above, the style of single imports is unchanged. It would be nice to have a option to enable/disable groups for single imports for more uniformity.

Perhaps with an option called single-import-style which can be one of inline, group or ignore (this can be the default for backwards compatibility).

[leonklingele]

You can use the grouper linter to achieve this: https://github.com/leonklingele/grouper#available-flags

grouper -import-require-single-import -import-require-grouping ./...

It's also part of golangci-lint: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v2.3.0/.golangci.reference.yml#L1777-L1782

[rhodeon]

Thanks, @leonklingele . The import-require-grouping is the closest to what I pictured, yet it enforces the opposite style. XD. I would rather have single imports be inlined. E.g.

import "time"

Not:

import (
  "time"
)

And grouper is a linter (without autofix) unlike gci which automatically formats the imports. In any case, it's a good enough workaround. I'll be using it for now as it makes the single imports consistent (despite my style preference).