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gominfmt makes the Go code more compact to aid further compression; revert with gofmt

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# `go/minformat`

This package formats the Go source code in a way so it becomes more compact.
It can be considered to be a minifier, although it doesn't make irreversible transformations by default (well, it does remove all comments).

The result can become readable again after running `go/format`, making this pipeline possible:

1. Minify the code before transferring it over a network
2. Send the (potentially further compressed) minified source code
3. On the receiving side, run `gofmt` to get the canonical formatting

For (3) I would recommend using [gofumpt](https://github.com/mvdan/gofumpt).

## Example

Suppose that we have this `hello.go` file:

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Hello, playground")
}
```

It will be formatted into this:

```go
package main;import("fmt");func main(){fmt.Println("Hello, playground")}
```

Depending on the file, it usually cuts 10-50% of the file size.

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