Add error-first checker: enforce error assertion before result assertions - #313
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…rtions Signed-off-by: Matthieu MOREL <matthieu.morel35@gmail.com>
…first by default Signed-off-by: Matthieu MOREL <matthieu.morel35@gmail.com>
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Adds a new
error-firstAdvancedChecker that flags testify assertions on result variables when the associated error return has not been asserted first — or was discarded with_.Behaviour
A testify assertion satisfies the requirement when it references the error variable in assertion-value arguments (not only in message arguments like
msgAndArgsor*fformat/message params).Key design decisions
ifcondition counts for the entireifbodyres, err = f2()requires a new error assertionres2 := process(res)) is not flagged —processhas no error returnChanges
internal/checkers/error_first.go— new AdvancedChecker; two-pass: collectresult→assignInfomaps, then flag non-error testify calls whose args include a tracked result variable without a prior error assertion; error-check detection now ignores message-only usage oferrinternal/checkers/checkers_registry.go— register checkerinternal/testgen/gen_error_first.go+main.go— test fixture generator covering invalid/valid cases, including message-arg and reassignment scenariosREADME.md— table row + documentation section