diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 1c84690..ed9e622 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Pre-commit hook to run goimports, gofmt, go vet, staticcheck, and golangci-lint
 
-# Run goimports on all Go files
+# Run goimports on all Go files but generated ones: gsx (*.x.go) and templ
+# (*_templ.go) output must stay as the generator wrote it, since
+# structpages-lint maps a _templ.go to its .templ only when the file is
+# exactly what templ generates.
 echo "Running goimports..."
-find . -name "*.go" -not -name "*.x.go" -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./.git/*" | xargs goimports -w
+find . -name "*.go" -not -name "*.x.go" -not -name "*_templ.go" -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./.git/*" | xargs goimports -w
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "goimports failed"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Run gofmt on all Go files
+# Run gofmt on all Go files but generated ones
 echo "Running gofmt..."
-find . -name "*.go" -not -name "*.x.go" -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./.git/*" | xargs gofmt -w -s
+find . -name "*.go" -not -name "*.x.go" -not -name "*_templ.go" -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./.git/*" | xargs gofmt -w -s
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "gofmt failed"
     exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7db5127..adbf65e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -132,3 +132,18 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./examples/${{ matrix.example }}
         run: go test ./...
 
+  test-lint-tool:
+    name: Test tools/lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.26"
+
+      - name: Test
+        working-directory: ./tools/lint
+        run: go test ./...
diff --git a/docs/lint.md b/docs/lint.md
index 169780c..cd5b06f 100644
--- a/docs/lint.md
+++ b/docs/lint.md
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ The attribute is matched exactly:
   only if the result is byte-for-byte the `_templ.go` on disk. The one exception is the
   `// templ: version:` comment line, which may differ or be missing (`templ generate -include-version=false`): it
   is a comment, so it changes no code. If anything else differs (another
-  templ version that generates different code, `-include-timestamp`, a hand edit), the file's positions can't be
-  trusted, and its attributes are skipped by `region` without a finding. To have them checked, regenerate with
-  the templ version the linter is built with (the `github.com/a-h/templ` version in the linter's `go.mod`).
+  templ version that generates different code, `-include-timestamp`, a hand edit, or a formatter run over the
+  generated file: `goimports` regroups its imports), the file's positions can't be trusted, and its attributes are
+  skipped by `region` and `keyed` without a finding. To have them checked, regenerate with the templ version the
+  linter is built with (the `github.com/a-h/templ` version in the linter's `go.mod`), and leave `*_templ.go` out of
+  any `goimports` or `gofmt -s` run, as you would gsx's `*.x.go`.
 
 Limits:
 
diff --git a/tools/lint/templscan/exprattr_test.go b/tools/lint/templscan/exprattr_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..889f20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lint/templscan/exprattr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package templscan
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The linter's templ fixtures are joined to their .templ only when the
+// _templ.go is exactly what templ generates, so a formatter run over one
+// (goimports regroups its imports) silently drops its findings.
+// stale.templ's _templ.go differs on purpose.
+func TestExprAttrs_fixturesAreTemplOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	files, err := filepath.Glob("../testdata/*/tapp/*.templ")
+	if err != nil || len(files) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("no .templ fixtures: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, f := range files {
+		_, err := ExprAttrs(f)
+		switch {
+		case filepath.Base(f) == "stale.templ":
+			if !errors.Is(err, ErrStale) {
+				t.Errorf("%s: err = %v, want ErrStale", f, err)
+			}
+		case err != nil:
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v (commit a _templ.go exactly as `templ generate` writes it: "+
+				"no goimports, no gofmt -s)", f, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/lint/testdata/keyed/tapp/pages_templ.go b/tools/lint/testdata/keyed/tapp/pages_templ.go
index 6f9ce19..230ff44 100644
--- a/tools/lint/testdata/keyed/tapp/pages_templ.go
+++ b/tools/lint/testdata/keyed/tapp/pages_templ.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package tapp
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.
 
-import (
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
-	templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
-	"github.com/jackielii/structpages"
-)
+import "github.com/a-h/templ"
+import templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
+
+import "github.com/jackielii/structpages"
 
 func (p list) Page(rows []row) templ.Component {
 	return templruntime.GeneratedTemplate(func(templ_7745c5c3_Input templruntime.GeneratedComponentInput) (templ_7745c5c3_Err error) {
diff --git a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/noversion_templ.go b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/noversion_templ.go
index cae6a8d..6df12f6 100644
--- a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/noversion_templ.go
+++ b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/noversion_templ.go
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ package tapp
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.
 
-import (
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
-	templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
-	"github.com/jackielii/structpages"
-)
+import "github.com/a-h/templ"
+import templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
+
+import "github.com/jackielii/structpages"
 
 func (p ace) NoVersion() templ.Component {
 	return templruntime.GeneratedTemplate(func(templ_7745c5c3_Input templruntime.GeneratedComponentInput) (templ_7745c5c3_Err error) {
diff --git a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/pages_templ.go b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/pages_templ.go
index 2c70862..2dd0e68 100644
--- a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/pages_templ.go
+++ b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/pages_templ.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package tapp
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.
 
-import (
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
-	templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
-	"github.com/jackielii/structpages"
-)
+import "github.com/a-h/templ"
+import templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
+
+import "github.com/jackielii/structpages"
 
 func (p ace) Page() templ.Component {
 	return templruntime.GeneratedTemplate(func(templ_7745c5c3_Input templruntime.GeneratedComponentInput) (templ_7745c5c3_Err error) {
diff --git a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/requests_templ.go b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/requests_templ.go
index 73b4abd..5b4e6e5 100644
--- a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/requests_templ.go
+++ b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/requests_templ.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package tapp
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present.
 
-import (
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
-	templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
-	"github.com/jackielii/structpages"
-)
+import "github.com/a-h/templ"
+import templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
+
+import "github.com/jackielii/structpages"
 
 func (p ace) Requests() templ.Component {
 	return templruntime.GeneratedTemplate(func(templ_7745c5c3_Input templruntime.GeneratedComponentInput) (templ_7745c5c3_Err error) {
diff --git a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/stale_templ.go b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/stale_templ.go
index caeda34..6783321 100644
--- a/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/stale_templ.go
+++ b/tools/lint/testdata/region/tapp/stale_templ.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package tapp
 
 //lint:file-ignore SA4006 This context is only used if a nested component is present
 
-import (
-	"github.com/a-h/templ"
-	templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
-	"github.com/jackielii/structpages"
-)
+import "github.com/a-h/templ"
+import templruntime "github.com/a-h/templ/runtime"
+
+import "github.com/jackielii/structpages"
 
 func (p stale) Page() templ.Component {
 	return templruntime.GeneratedTemplate(func(templ_7745c5c3_Input templruntime.GeneratedComponentInput) (templ_7745c5c3_Err error) {