Characters Disappearing after saving the file in VS Code

[sauntheninja2]

What version of Go, VS Code & VS Code Go extension are you using?

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  • go1.20.5 windows/amd64
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  • Not Installed
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  • 1.82.0
• Check your installed extensions to get the version of the VS Code Go extension
  • v0.39.1
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  • set GO111MODULE=
    set GOARCH=amd64
    set GOBIN=
    set GOCACHE=C:\Users\Sujay\AppData\Local\go-build
    set GOENV=C:\Users\Sujay\AppData\Roaming\go\env
    set GOEXE=.exe
    set GOEXPERIMENT=
    set GOFLAGS=
    set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
    set GOHOSTOS=windows
    set GOINSECURE=
    set GOMODCACHE=C:\Users\Sujay\go\pkg\mod
    set GONOPROXY=
    set GONOSUMDB=
    set GOOS=windows
    set GOPATH=C:\Users\Sujay\go
    set GOPRIVATE=
    set GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
    set GOROOT=C:\Program Files\Go
    set GOSUMDB=sum.golang.org
    set GOTMPDIR=
    set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Program Files\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
    set GOVCS=
    set GOVERSION=go1.20.5
    set GCCGO=gccgo
    set GOAMD64=v1
    set AR=ar
    set CC=gcc
    set CXX=g++
    set CGO_ENABLED=0
    set GOMOD=c:\Users\Sujay\Desktop\Dev\Golang\PG\go.mod
    set GOWORK=
    set CGO_CFLAGS=-O2 -g
    set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
    set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g
    set CGO_FFLAGS=-O2 -g
    set CGO_LDFLAGS=-O2 -g
    set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
    set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=C:\Users\Sujay\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build278249291=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches

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Describe the bug

When I am typing golang code in VS Code and after writing a few characters like "log" if I save the file using ctrl s or using the gui to save the file the typed characters disappear.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Type some valid GO code
2. Save the unsaved go file and the characters disappear

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Characters_Dissapearing_After_Saving.mp4

[findleyr]

Hi, this is currently how goimports work: since it is a build error to have unused imports, goimports deletes them.

One can get used to this behavior: instead of typing out the import, just start using fmt, save, and goimports will add the missing import. But you are not the first person to have run into this and been confused, and we're going to add an option to change this behavior: https://go.dev/issue/54362.

Closing this in favor of golang/go#54362.