If you don't want to use an IDE to rename, consider the excellent `gorename` tool. It is integrated with plugins for most editors (vim, vscode and atom off the

If you don't want to use an IDE to rename, consider the excellent `gorename` tool. It is integrated with plugins for most editors (vim, vscode and atom off the top of my head), or is easy to invoke from the command line. Golint can enforce the "don't ignore errors" rule. I think it comes that way out of the box?