diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e4b65e..319e41b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ List of all available rules. The rules ported from `golint` are left unchanged a
| [`line-length-limit`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#line-length-limit) | int | Specifies the maximum number of characters in a line | no | no |
| [`call-to-gc`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#call-to-gc) | n/a | Warns on explicit call to the garbage collector | no | no |
| [`duplicated-imports`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS#duplicated-imports) | n/a | Looks for packages that are imported two or more times | no | no |
+| [`import-shadowing`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#import-shadowing) | n/a | Spots identifiers that shadow an import | no | no |
## Configurable rules
@@ -433,13 +434,13 @@ Currently, type checking is enabled by default. If you want to run the linter wi
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## License
diff --git a/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md b/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
index 46842c7..0e9a586 100644
--- a/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
+++ b/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ List of all available rules.
- [increment-decrement](#increment-decrement)
- [indent-error-flow](#indent-error-flow)
- [imports-blacklist](#imports-blacklist)
+ - [import-shadowing](#import-shadowing)
- [line-length-limit](#line-length-limit)
- [max-public-structs](#max-public-structs)
- [modifies-parameter](#modifies-parameter)
@@ -295,6 +296,13 @@ Example:
[imports-blacklist]
arguments =["crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1"]
```
+### import-shadowing
+
+_Description_: In GO it is possible to declare identifiers (packages, structs,
+interfaces, parameters, receivers, variables, constants...) that conflict with the
+name of an imported package. This rule spots identifiers that shadow an import.
+
+_Configuration_: N/A
## line-length-limit
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c77a372..b1f5855 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ var allRules = append([]lint.Rule{
&rule.LineLengthLimitRule{},
&rule.CallToGCRule{},
&rule.DuplicatedImportsRule{},
+ &rule.ImportShadowingRule{},
}, defaultRules...)
var allFormatters = []lint.Formatter{
diff --git a/fixtures/import-shadowing.go b/fixtures/import-shadowing.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06f91f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/import-shadowing.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package fixtures
+
+import (
+ ast "go/ast"
+ "bytes"
+ "crypto/md5"
+ "fmt"
+ _ "net/http"
+ "strings"
+ str "strings"
+)
+
+const str = "" // MATCH /The name 'str' shadows an import name/
+
+type myAst struct {
+ ast *ast.GenDecl
+}
+
+type bytes struct {} // MATCH /The name 'bytes' shadows an import name/
+
+type fmt interface {} // MATCH /The name 'fmt' shadows an import name/
+
+func (ast myAst) foo() {} // MATCH /The name 'ast' shadows an import name/
+
+func md5() {} // MATCH /The name 'md5' shadows an import name/
+
+func bar(_ string) {}
+
+func toto() {
+ strings := map[string]string{} // MATCH /The name 'strings' shadows an import name/
+}
+
+func titi() {
+ v := md5+bytes
+ return ast
+}
diff --git a/rule/import-shadowing.go b/rule/import-shadowing.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b78234c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule/import-shadowing.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package rule
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "go/ast"
+ "go/token"
+ "strings"
+
+ "github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
+)
+
+// ImportShadowingRule lints given else constructs.
+type ImportShadowingRule struct{}
+
+// Apply applies the rule to given file.
+func (r *ImportShadowingRule) Apply(file *lint.File, _ lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure {
+ var failures []lint.Failure
+
+ importNames := map[string]struct{}{}
+ for _, imp := range file.AST.Imports {
+ importNames[getName(imp)] = struct{}{}
+ }
+
+ fileAst := file.AST
+ walker := importShadowing{
+ importNames: importNames,
+ onFailure: func(failure lint.Failure) {
+ failures = append(failures, failure)
+ },
+ alreadySeen: map[*ast.Object]struct{}{},
+ }
+
+ ast.Walk(walker, fileAst)
+
+ return failures
+}
+
+// Name returns the rule name.
+func (r *ImportShadowingRule) Name() string {
+ return "import-shadowing"
+}
+
+func getName(imp *ast.ImportSpec) string {
+ const pathSep = "/"
+ const strDelim = `"`
+ if imp.Name != nil {
+ return imp.Name.Name
+ }
+
+ path := imp.Path.Value
+ i := strings.LastIndex(path, pathSep)
+ if i == -1 {
+ return strings.Trim(path, strDelim)
+ }
+
+ return strings.Trim(path[i+1:], strDelim)
+}
+
+type importShadowing struct {
+ importNames map[string]struct{}
+ onFailure func(lint.Failure)
+ alreadySeen map[*ast.Object]struct{}
+}
+
+// Visit visits AST nodes and checks if id nodes (ast.Ident) shadow an import name
+func (w importShadowing) Visit(n ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
+ switch n := n.(type) {
+ case *ast.AssignStmt:
+ if n.Tok == token.DEFINE {
+ return w // analyze variable declarations of the form id := expr
+ }
+
+ return nil // skip assigns of the form id = expr (not an id declaration)
+ case *ast.CallExpr, // skip call expressions (not an id declaration)
+ *ast.ImportSpec, // skip import section subtree because we already have the list of imports
+ *ast.KeyValueExpr, // skip analysis of key-val expressions ({key:value}): ids of such expressions, even the same of an import name, do not shadow the import name
+ *ast.ReturnStmt, // skip skipping analysis of returns, ids in expression were already analyzed
+ *ast.SelectorExpr, // skip analysis of selector expressions (anId.otherId): because if anId shadows an import name, it was already detected, and otherId does not shadows the import name
+ *ast.StructType: // skip analysis of struct type because struct fields can not shadow an import name
+ return nil
+ case *ast.Ident:
+ id := n.Name
+ if id == "_" {
+ return w // skip _ id
+ }
+
+ _, isImportName := w.importNames[id]
+ _, alreadySeen := w.alreadySeen[n.Obj]
+ if isImportName && !alreadySeen {
+ w.onFailure(lint.Failure{
+ Confidence: 1,
+ Node: n,
+ Category: "namming",
+ Failure: fmt.Sprintf("The name '%s' shadows an import name", id),
+ })
+
+ w.alreadySeen[n.Obj] = struct{}{}
+ }
+ }
+
+ return w
+}
diff --git a/test/import-shadowing_test.go b/test/import-shadowing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12e64f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/import-shadowing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+ "testing"
+
+ "github.com/mgechev/revive/rule"
+)
+
+func TestImportShadowing(t *testing.T) {
+ testRule(t, "import-shadowing", &rule.ImportShadowingRule{})
+}