Idiomatic, simple, defer-based rollback mechanism https://play.golang.org/p/p28rpnpiUcL

rollback.go

package main

import (
	"errors"
	"log"
)

// rollback function
func rollback(rollbackCtrl *bool, rollbackFunc func()) {
	if *rollbackCtrl {
		rollbackFunc()
	}
}

// successful action
func action1() (string, error) {
	return "action 1", nil
}

// successful action
func action2() (string, error) {
	return "action 2", nil
}

// failed action
func action3() (string, error) {
	return "", errors.New("error: action 3")
}

func main() {
	rollbackCtrl := false

	res1, err := action1()
	// handle error idiomatically
	if err != nil {
		// mark rollback
		rollbackCtrl = true

		log.Print(err.Error())
		return
	}
	// defer the rollback execution
	defer rollback(&rollbackCtrl, func() {
		log.Print("rollback: action 1")
	})

	log.Print(res1)

	res2, err := action2()
	if err != nil {
		// mark rollback
		rollbackCtrl = true

		log.Print(err.Error())
		return
	}
	defer rollback(&rollbackCtrl, func() {
		log.Print("rollback: action 2")
	})

	log.Print(res2)

	res3, err := action3()
	if err != nil {
		// mark rollback
		rollbackCtrl = true

		log.Print(err.Error())
		return
	}
	defer rollback(&rollbackCtrl, func() {
		log.Print("rollback: action 3")
	})

	log.Print(res3)
}