Gorename: easy refactoring tool for Golang (texlution.com)

Yeah...a dash would do wonders for that

It should GoRename. or go-rename. or something that everyone can obviously distinguish it.

It's no expertsexchange. I wouldn't bother changing it.

Yup. Took me a moment or two to even realise what its real name was

I think GoreName should be the canonical pronunciation simply because it's more fun.

Does it also extract methods, convert fields into accessors, move code between packages while updating import statements, update comments that relate to code, move methods across types?

Renaming is only Refactoring 101.

vim-go integrates with it already. Put your cursor on a name, type :GoRename, et voila all other instances across your project are updated.

Here is a screencast example of using it with Vim: http://quick.as/dgof2p7

in liteIde press ctrl+shift+r to rename. ctrl+shift+u to find where is used. I don't think it uses gorename though.

This person is just wrong. It's not because the tools weren't there or the commenter was unaware of how they work, that Go is bad at refactoring. It's very easy to write correct, type safe refactoring tools on Go code.