Read our wiki on Go modules in VS Code which tracks the progress of Go modules support.

• Rebecca Stambler @stamblerre

  • Use of forks for the tools godef and gocode to provide Go to definition and Auto-completion features respectively when using Go modules. The binaries installed from these forks will have the suffix -gomod and will only be used when you use Go modules.

• Bianca Rosa de Mendonça @biancarosa

  • New commands Go: Benchmark File, Go: Benchmark Package and codelens to run all the benchmarks in current file & package respectively. Feature Request 1522 with PR 1898 & PR 1899

• Jeffrey Bean @jeffbean

  • New setting go.generateTestsFlags to provide flags for the gotests tool when generating tests. PR 1841

• Johan Lejdung @johan-lejdung

  • New setting go.testTags to be used for running tests. This way, you can use the existing go.buildTags for compiling and a different set of tags for running tests. Feature Request 1842 implemented with PR 1877

• Ryan Gurney @ragurney

  • Skip the blank identifiers in file outline. Bug 1889 fixed with PR 1893

• Benas Svipas @svipben

  • Fix accessibility issues with the Analysis Tools Missing button in the status bar. PR 1922

• Alec Thomas @alecthomas

  • Improve snippets for iferr and forr i.e "if err ..." the "for range". Feature Request 1920 implemented with PR 1924

• Charles Kenney @Charliekenney23

  • Create new tmp directory for each session to avoid insecure use of the temporary files created by the extension. Fixes Bug 1905 with PR 1912

• Shreyas Karnik (@shreyu86)

  • Provide auto-completions for symbols from unimported packages even when the package name has multiple matches. Fixes Bug 1884 with PR 1900

• Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

  • Use random port instead of hard-coded 2345 when running delve. Fixes Bug 1906
  • Fix issue where tests using the check package cannot be run using the Go: Test File command. Bug 1911
  • Disable module support when installing the Go tools. Fixes Bug 1919
  • Use version 2 of delve apis by default instead of version 1. Replace existing useApiV1 setting/configuration with apiVersion. Feature Request 1876
  • Prompt to update gogetdoc and gopkgs if using Go modules.
  • Disable go.inferGopath in workspace settings when using Go modules automatically.
  • Add support for the below features when using Go modules
    • Go: Add Import command that gives you a list of importable packages to add to the import block of current file
    • Go: Browse Packages command that lets you browse available packages and their files
    • Auto-completion of unimported packages when go.autocompleteUnimportedPackages setting is enabled.