Always wrap errors with meaningful context and use typed error checking instead of string matching. This helps with error tracing and maintains consistent error handling patterns.
Always wrap errors with meaningful context and use typed error checking instead of string matching. This helps with error tracing and maintains consistent error handling patterns.
Key practices:
errors.Wrap() or fmt.Errorf() with %w to preserve error chainserrdefs.IsNotFound()Example:
// Bad:
if err != nil && strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "no container found") {
return nil
}
// Good:
if err != nil {
if errdefs.IsNotFound(err) {
return nil
}
return fmt.Errorf("failed to create volume %q: %w", name, err)
}
// Bad:
return fmt.Errorf("volume %q exists but not created by Compose", name)
// Good:
return fmt.Errorf("volume %q already exists but was not created by Docker Compose. Use `external: true` to use an existing volume", name)
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