go/gopls/doc/faq.md

# gopls FAQ

## Why is it called gopls?

Since gopls works both as a language server and as a command line tool, we wanted a name that could be used as a verb. For example, gopls check should read as "go please check." See: [cl/158197].

[cl/158197]: https://golang.org/cl/158197
cmd/gopls: add documentation Much of this documentation has been collated from other sources, but this pulls it all into one coherent and public structure in a way that allows us to peer review changes. Change-Id: Ic24a59bb92b27ec85d2f57affcf2eb396c9de3c0 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/tools/+/191741 Reviewed-by: Rebecca Stambler <rstambler@golang.org> 2019-05-09 08:35:27 -06:00			`# gopls FAQ`

			`## Why is it called gopls?`

			`Since gopls works both as a language server and as a command line tool, we wanted a name that could be used as a verb. For example, gopls check should read as "go please check." See: [cl/158197].`

			`[cl/158197]: https://golang.org/cl/158197`