influxdata / influxdata/influxdb
Audit unchecked errors
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
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Description
#20394 found a number of unchecked errors in our CLI setup code. Run https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck on the codebase to flush out any other unhandled problems. Fix any obvious ones, and make new tickets for nastier problems.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading #20394 and running github.com/kisielk/errcheck against the codebase, with attention to the CLI setup code. Review each unchecked error, fix the obvious problems, and create separate tickets for findings that need deeper investigation; completion means the actionable findings are handled or tracked.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100