Use channel to feed filenames

file_checker.go

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ func (c fileChecker) Check(f string) ([]urlResult, error) {
 	return rs, nil
 }
 
-func (c fileChecker) CheckMany(fs []string, rc chan<- fileResult) {
+func (c fileChecker) CheckMany(fc <-chan string, rc chan<- fileResult) {
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 
-	for _, f := range fs {
+	for f := range fc {
 		wg.Add(1)
 
 		go func(f string) {

main.go

@@ -10,20 +10,15 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	if args.recursive {
+	fc := make(chan string, 1024)
-		args.filenames, err = listFilesRecursively(args.filenames)
 
-		if err != nil {
+	go findMarkupFiles(args.filenames, args.recursive, fc)
-			printToStderr(err.Error())
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-	}
 
-	rc := make(chan fileResult, len(args.filenames))
+	rc := make(chan fileResult, 1024)
 	s := newSemaphore(args.concurrency)
 	c := newFileChecker(args.timeout, s)
 
-	go c.CheckMany(args.filenames, rc)
+	go c.CheckMany(fc, rc)
 
 	ok := true
 
@@ -40,29 +35,3 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
-
-func listFilesRecursively(fs []string) ([]string, error) {
-	gs := []string{}
-
-	for _, f := range fs {
-		i, err := os.Stat(f)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		if i.IsDir() {
-			fs, err := listFiles(f)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			gs = append(gs, fs...)
-		} else {
-			gs = append(gs, f)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return gs, nil
-}

utils.go

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/kr/text"
 )
 
@@ -23,14 +25,18 @@ func printToStderr(xs ...interface{}) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, xs...)
 }
 
+func fail(err error) {
+	s := err.Error()
+	printToStderr(color.RedString(strings.ToUpper(s[:1]) + s[1:]))
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
 func indent(s string) string {
 	return text.Indent(s, "\t")
 }
 
-func listFiles(d string) ([]string, error) {
+func listDirectory(d string, fc chan<- string) error {
-	fs := []string{}
+	return filepath.Walk(d, func(f string, i os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-
-	err := filepath.Walk(d, func(f string, i os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -42,15 +48,34 @@ func listFiles(d string) ([]string, error) {
 		}
 
 		if !i.IsDir() && !b && isMarkupFile(f) {
-			fs = append(fs, f)
+			fc <- f
 		}
 
 		return nil
 	})
+}
+
+func findMarkupFiles(fs []string, recursive bool, fc chan<- string) {
+	for _, f := range fs {
+		i, err := os.Stat(f)
 
-	if err != nil {
+		if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+			fail(err)
+		}
+
+		if i.IsDir() && recursive {
+			err := listDirectory(f, fc)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				fail(err)
+			}
+
+		} else if i.IsDir() {
+			fail(fmt.Errorf("%v is not a file", f))
+		} else {
+			fc <- f
+		}
 	}
 
-	return fs, nil
+	close(fc)
 }

utils_test.go

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestListFiles(t *testing.T) {
+func TestListDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	fs, err := listFiles(".")
+	fc := make(chan string, 1024)
+	err := listDirectory(".", fc)
+	close(fc)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, len(fs))
+	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, len(fc))
 
-	for _, f := range fs {
+	for f := range fc {
 		i, err := os.Stat(f)
 
 		assert.True(t, isMarkupFile(f))