VS Code extension that integrates betteralign to automatically detect and fix suboptimal Go struct memory layouts.
Features
Runs betteralign on .go files when saved.
Highlights unoptimized structs with squiggly lines using the standard VS Code Problems pane.
Optionally displays a prompt to quickly apply memory layout optimizations.
Requirements
The extension requires Go to be installed and available on your PATH.
It installs betteralign using go install github.com/dkorunic/betteralign/cmd/betteralign@latest under the hood.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
betteralign.enable: Enable/disable this extension.
betteralign.runOnSave: Enable/disable running betteralign on file save.
betteralign.applyPrompt: When to show the "Apply fixes?" prompt (onDiagnostics (default), always, never).
betteralign.severity: The VS Code diagnostic severity to use (information (default blue squiggly), warning, hint, error).
betteralign.binPath: Custom path to the betteralign binary if not in your standard GOPATH.
betteralign.extraArgs: Array of extra arguments to pass to the tool (e.g. ["-test_files"]).
