Always include meaningful log messages at appropriate levels to aid in debugging and system monitoring. Follow these guidelines:

  1. Never silently swallow errors - Even during cleanup operations, log errors that might be helpful for debugging:
    // Bad: Silently ignoring errors
    os.Chdir(oldDir)
       
    // Good: Log errors even if they're not fatal
    if err := os.Chdir(oldDir); err != nil {
        log.Printf("[WARN] cleanup error during directory change: %v", err)
    }
    
  2. Use appropriate log levels based on severity:
    // Bad: Using INFO for a failure condition
    logger.Printf("[INFO] failed to fetch provider package; retrying")
       
    // Good: Using WARN for a retryable failure
    logger.Printf("[WARN] failed to fetch provider package; retrying attempt %d/%d", i, maxHTTPPackageRetryCount)
    
  3. Include sufficient context in log messages to make them actionable:
    // Bad: Generic log message
    log.Printf("[ERROR] no module call found")
       
    // Good: Contextual log message
    log.Printf("[ERROR] %s: no module call found in %q for %q", funcName, parent.Path, calledModuleName)
    
  4. Add trace logs for complex operations that might need debugging in the future:
    // In functions with complex parsing or processing
    log.Printf("[TRACE] extractImportPath input: %q", fullName)
    

Always consider how logs will be used by developers, operators, and users when troubleshooting issues in production environments.