vscode does not detect errors golang - go

Question

My vscode does not detect errors in golang.
Example:
package somepackage
import "fmt"
func f(name string) string {
name = 1
return name
}
This should throw a type error, but it does not. I never get any errors.
My settings.json contains
"go.gopath": "some/path",
"go.vetOnSave": "package",
"go.lintOnSave": "package",
"go.testOnSave": true,
"go.buildOnSave": "package",
"go.coverOnSave": true
I was able to run go: install/update Tools. All tools are installed successfully.
I am also able to run debug a .go file in vscode.

Answer 1

As #pwaterz pointed out, the solution to my problem was to add "go.goroot: /some/other/path".
The reason that vscode was not able to detect errors was, that there are different go versions on my computer. Adding the goroot and running go: install/update Tools solved the problem.
---- Edit: Multiple go versions ----
Had multiple conflicting go versions on my Mac, pulled in via brew. Fixed the problem with a reinstall.
Uninstall go and also run brew uninstall go
Reinstall go
Set environment variables in your .bash_profile or similar. Compare here.
Apply the changes to your profile by running e.g. source .bash_profile
Restart VSCode
In settings.json set "go.goroot": "/usr/local/go"
Run go: Toggle workspace trust space to make sure changes to settings.json are applied (you have to trust your workspace for that)
go: Install/update tools and select all
---- Edit: Incorrect root folder ----
Make sure that you open the root folder of your project and not a sub-folder of your project. That may cause in invalid import paths otherwise
---- Edit: Broken language server ----
Try to run go: restart language server
You may see Error loading workspace
run go mod tidy and try again