Using go fix to modernize Go code
Alan Donovan
17 February 2026
The 1.26 release of Go this month includes a completely rewritten go fix subcommand. Go fix uses a suite of algorithms to identify opportunities to improve your code, often by taking advantage of more modern features of the language and library. In this post, we’ll first show you how to use go fix to modernize your Go codebase. Then in the second section we’ll dive into the infrastructure behind it and how it is evolving. Finally, we’ll present the theme of “self-service” analysis tools to help module maintainers and organizations encode their own guidelines and best practices.
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Go 1.26 includes a new implementation of go fix that can help you use more modern features of Go.
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