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title: "modifies-value-receiver"
description: "Detect value receiver mutation."
image: "https://strider.gempir.com/og.png"
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# modifies-value-receiver

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**Default severity:** `warning`

Detect value receiver mutation.

## Bad

```go
func (item Item) Rename(name string) { item.Name = name }
```

## Good

```go
func (item *Item) Rename(name string) { item.Name = name }
```

Source: https://strider.gempir.com/lints/modifies-value-receiver/index.mdx