v1.13.0

What's Changed

Features

• feature: new rule inefficient-map-lookup by @chavacava in #1491
• feature: new rule forbidden-call-in-wg-go by @chavacava in #1514
• struct-tag: support codec struct tag by @pashkov256 in #1507
• feature: support cbor struct tag in struct-tag rule by @chavacava in #1527
• feature: add configuration option in struct-tag rule to omit checking a tag by @chavacava in #1515
• feature: new rule unnecessary-if by @chavacava in #1520
• var-naming: add more bad package names by @Acollie in #1540
• deep-exit: detect exit-triggering flag usage by @uloamaka in #1544

Bug fixes

• fix: rule struct-tag false positive on validate:omitempty by @chavacava in #1525
• import-shadowing: handle versioned packages correctly by @vbvictor in #1445
• package-directory-mismatch: ignore main_test package name by @uloamaka in #1545
• fix: false positive for return in a defer function has no effect by @chavacava in #1531
• fix: rule struct-tag add all missing go-validator tags (#1526) by @focusaurus in #1533
• fix: rule confusing-naming false positive on multiple blank identifiers by @emmanuel-ferdman in #1536
• useless-fallthrough: do not report fallthrough before default by @anupriyakkumari in #1549
• package-directory-mismatch: allow test package names in version paths by @thespags in #1547
• package-directory-mismatch: ignore mismatch in root directory by @uloamaka in #1548

Updates

• fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.15.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1521
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.25 by @renovate[bot] in #1474
• docs: fix typos by @alexandear in #1553
• feature: add enableDefaultRules config option by @cce in #1551
• chore(deps): bump Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1555
• chore(deps): update github.com/golangci/golines digest to 8fd09d3 by @renovate[bot] in #1558
• chore(deps): update golang.org/x/telemetry digest to 5cc343d by @renovate[bot] in #1559
• chore(deps): update module github.com/catenacyber/perfsprint to v0.10.1 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1560
• chore(deps): update github.com/golangci/gofmt digest to 3e58ba0 by @renovate[bot] in #1557
• chore: update schedule in renovate config by @alexandear in #1571
• chore(deps): update module dev.gaijin.team/go/golib to v0.7.0 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1570
• chore(deps): update module google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.36.10 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1569
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.18.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1572
• change: merge code-style with style categories by @alexandear in #1573
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.38.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1574
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.39.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1577

Docs

• docs: update TOC; check for TOC consistency in GHA by @alexandear in #1493
• doc: clearly identify configuration examples by @chavacava in #1504
• doc: add before/after examples to confusing-results description by @chavacava in #1503
• doc: add before/after examples to bool-literal-in-expr description by @chavacava in #1500
• docs: fix MD024/no-duplicate-heading lint issue by @alexandear in #1513
• docs: enhance struct-tag rule description by @alexandear in #1512

New Contributors

• @pashkov256 made their first contribution in #1507
• @focusaurus made their first contribution in #1533
• @Acollie made their first contribution in #1540
• @uloamaka made their first contribution in #1545
• @thespags made their first contribution in #1547
• @anupriyakkumari made their first contribution in #1549

Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.13.0

v1.12.0

What's Changed

Features

• exported: improve error message by @ccoVeille in #1403
• modifies-parameter: handle slices.Delete and slices.DeleteFunc by @vbvictor in #1427
• identical-branches: check branches of "if ... else if" chains by @chavacava in #1440
• feature: detect identical-branches in switch statements by @chavacava in #1448
• feature: new rule identical-switch-conditions by @chavacava in #1451
• feature: new rule identical-ifelseif-conditions by @chavacava in #1454
• Split identical-branches into 3 rules by @chavacava in #1453
• feature: new rule useless-fallthrough by @chavacava in #1462
• struct-tag: support spanner struct tag by @sarthakw7 in #1479
• feature: new rule package-directory-mismatch by @vbvictor in #1429
• feature: detect useless options in spanner struct tag by @chavacava in #1483
• feature: struct-tag warns on (useless) options on ignored fields by @chavacava in #1487
• feature: new rule use-waitgroup-go by @chavacava in #1484
• feature: new rule unsecure-url-scheme by @chavacava in #1478

Bug fixes

• fix(1438): enforce-switch-style - false positive with pure return switch by @chavacava in #1446
• fix: default formatter generates an extra new line by @chavacava in #1485

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.28.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1467
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1466
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.27.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1468
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.36.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1469

Docs

• docs: add DeepWiki link to README by @alexandear in #1432
• docs: add missing use-waitgroup-go TOC entry by @alexandear in #1492
• docs: add info about golang code snippets by @alexandear in #1494

New Contributors

• @sarthakw7 made their first contribution in #1479

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.12.0

v1.11.0

What's Changed

Features

• feature: new rule enforce-switch-default by @chavacava in #1390
• early-return: detect short deviated statements by @alexandear in #1396
• exported: ignore exported symbols from the main package by @alexandear in #1398

Bug fixes

• fix: var-naming rule extraBadPackageNames type by @ldez in #1404
• unexported-return: exclude main package and test files by @ccoVeille in #1399
• unexported-return: fix type aliases support by @ldez in #1408
• var-naming: option to skip initialism name checks by @krenzler in #1415
• var-naming: handle possible panic by @alexandear in #1405

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.26.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1400
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1402
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1416
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.16.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1417
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.27.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1418
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.26.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1419
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1423

Docs

• docs: improve Installation section by @alexandear in #1409
• docs: improve unhandled-error ignore argument examples by @scop in #1412

New Contributors

• @krenzler made their first contribution in #1415

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.11.0

v1.10.0

What's Changed

• var-naming: detect meaningless package names by @alexandear in #1312
• docs: update golangci-lint configuration to v2 by @alexandear in #1318
• var-name checks each package name only once by @chavacava in #1319
• var-naming: remove regex from code by @mfederowicz in #1322
• fix(1323): false positive in get-return rule for HTTP Get handlers by @chavacava in #1325
• chore: enable a few revive rules by @alexandear in #1330
• chore: remove redundant typeparams for Go 1.17 by @alexandear in #1331
• chore: avoid third-party morphy2k/revive-action in CI by @alexandear in #1334
• chore: remove redundant //revive:disable-line by @alexandear in #1335
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.14.0 by @renovate in #1337
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.33.0 by @renovate in #1336
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.25.0 by @renovate in #1338
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.33.0 by @renovate in #1339
• chore(deps): update codeberg.org/chavacava/garif to v0.2.0 by @miparnisari in #1340
• docs: fix displaying rules table on revive.run by @alexandear in #1349
• Integrate golangci-lint into CI/CD pipeline by @ArjunRajpal123 in #1346
• chore: remove unused deploy key by @alexandear in #1352
• Remove tablewriter dependency by @volfgox in #1351
• tiny refactoring on friendly, sarif and stylish formatters by @chavacava in #1355
• fix(deps): update module github.com/mgechev/dots to v1.0.0 by @renovate in #1358
• Update rule description URLs to point to revive.run by @volfgox in #1360
• chore: add linter for Markdown files by @alexandear in #1361
• fix(#1367): struct-tag with validate is missing built-in rules by @chavacava in #1368
• time-date: add rule to check for time.Date usage by @ccoVeille in #1327
• fix(#1363): package-comments ignores //nolint directives by @chavacava in #1366
• refactor: removes get from getters names by @chavacava in #1373
• refactor: test utils functions by removing redundant test instructions parsing and simplifying asserting functions by @chavacava in #1374
• docs: format code snippets in markdown files by @alexandear in #1324
• fix: avoid false positive for blank identifier by @ccoVeille in #1376
• chore: improve time-date decimal tests by @ccoVeille in #1378
• new rule to spot unnecessary use of formatting functions by @chavacava in #1372
• refactor: enable gocritic linter; fix lint issues by @alexandear in #1375
• refactor: gofmt testdata by @alexandear in #1379
• refactor: moves code related to AST from rule.utils into astutils package by @chavacava in #1380
• feature: Add nil timezone handling detection to time-date rule by @ccoVeille in #1377
• chore: enable thelper linter in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1386
• chore: enable dupword linter in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1385
• chore: enforce American English spelling in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1384
• docs: improve comments for functions; enable godot by @alexandear in #1382
• docs: use contrib.rocks to make contributors section shorter by @alexandear in #1381
• feature: detect time/date out of bounds in time-date rule by @ccoVeille in #1370
• refactor: simplifies the implementation of rule call-to-gc by @chavacava in #1388
• feature: rule use-fmt-print by @chavacava in #1389

New Contributors

• @miparnisari made their first contribution in #1340
• @ArjunRajpal123 made their first contribution in #1346
• @volfgox made their first contribution in #1351

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.10.0

v1.9.0

Changelog

• 343da9f Refactor/exported (#1299)
• 379856a chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 (#1285)
• 2442da0 chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.32.0 (#1293)
• a9ee63c chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.24.0 (#1296)
• 5f32e8b chore: add lint and all targets to Makefile (#1298)
• 8221f85 chore: remove edited trigger (#1309)
• c882cb8 exported: correctly report deprecation-only comments (#1295)
• 02f0a40 feature: Improve error-strings rule to detect acronyms and proper nouns (#1287)
• 7f7f31a feature: add support for properties tag in struct-tag rule (#1289)
• f4e39a7 fix false positive in useless-break when a label follows a break (#1286)
• 535ec5a fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.32.0 (#1301)
• 57ed899 fix: add missing TypeCheck call (#1308)
• d6ad7ce fix: call fmt.Errorf with wrong err (#1290)
• fbd90be fix: race condition of Package fields (#1307)
• 1cb97fd refactor: fix typos in comments and struct names (#1304)
• f0eea95 struct-tag: change reported messages and refactor implementation (#1292)

v1.8.0

Changelog

• 561c949 change: replace log with log/slog for logging (#1280)
• c9c079f chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.31.0 (#1257)
• dc3de10 chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.23.0 (#1259)
• 54ea25b doc: update description of struct-tag rule (#1262)
• 4f34235 feature: add suport of mapstructure struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1241)
• 3bbfedb feature: add suport of validate struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1244)
• 88d5434 feature: add support for TOML struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1255)
• 3cf67c5 feature: add support of URL struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1239)
• a4ee892 feature: add support of datastore struct tags in struct-tag rume (#1240)
• 88e5689 fix(deps): update module github.com/burntsushi/toml to v1.5.0 (#1276)
• 8b973cb fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.13.0 (#1270)
• 770af80 fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.14.0 (#1271)
• c940fa6 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.24.0 (#1258)
• 39ae683 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.31.0 (#1261)
• b77bb1a fix: cognitive complexity nesting with if-else chains (#1268)
• 67d0a61 fix: error-strings custom funcs overwrites defaults (#1249)
• 77f4474 refactor: string-format implements ConfigurableRule (#1251)
• 43a44af refactor: apply suggestions from gopls modernize (#1282)
• 9919e6b refactor: replace IsAtLeastGo1* functions by IsAtLeastGoVersion (#1274)
• b04d5a7 refactor: return error instead of panic (#1252)
• 6d0498c refactor: simplify File.disabledIntervals, add tests (#1216)
• 9f5f957 rule: allow lowercased and kebab-cased options (#1272)

v1.7.0

Changelog

• a59a228 chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.24 (#1232)
• 8ece20b feature: add support for omitzero in rule struct-tag (#1238)
• 4020f43 fix: exclusions are no longer working as before (#1237)

v1.6.1

Changelog

• c237f70 Update renovate.json config (#1221)
• d02fd30 chore(deps): update module github.com/mattn/go-colorable to v0.1.14 (#1222)
• 3b54068 chore(deps): update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.10.0 (#1223)
• 82dd192 chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.30.0 (#1224)
• f66fd1e chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.22.0 (#1225)
• a34327e chore: check go.mod and run gofmt in CI (#1215)
• 5f01efa feature: add redundant-test-main-exit rule (#1208)
• fd8d99d fix (1217): getting parameter type names panics in presence of generic types (#1218)
• ea0222b fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.23.0 (#1219)
• d04f429 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.11.0 (#1220)
• 3e3e982 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.30.0 (#1227)
• 8c5d8fc fix: flag-parameter rule wrongly detects var definition and points to the function signature (#1213)
• 8cb2599 fix: invalid message reported for directive comment (#1209)
• 9a54195 fix: panic with getFieldTypeName (#1229)
• 4bd6fba fix: unconditional-recursion false positive when the function is called right after its declaration (#1212) (#1214)
• e8b55f8 prepareSkips: to resolve regexps in excludes (#1060)

v1.6.0

Changelog

• 275b018 refactor (rule/error-return): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1163)
• fcfd6ad refactor (rule/flag-param): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1164)
• a31d5af refactor (rule/modifies-value-receiver): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1165)
• dff4dc9 Filename-format rule: fix filename extension regex: ".go" to "\.go". (#1132)
• 655e606 Update RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md (#1134)
• 7d97f54 [chore] clean up go.sum (#1201)
• d2778f3 adds rule use-errors-new (#1142)
• cb74ccb chore: Improve sortables detection (#1151)
• 72b91f0 chore: Update go.sum (#1153)
• dde8344 chore: add missing tests for var-declarations, fix any/interface{} type issue (#1154)
• 4b2c76e chore: cleanup code in rules (#1197)
• 4dd63ef chore: fix typo (#1187)
• 45731a3 chore: migrate goreleaser config to v2 (#1105)
• 10d9697 chore: remove unused #region comments (#1181)
• d64bddc chore: use US English instead of UK English (#1186)
• bb9e681 cognitive-complexity: handle direct recursion (#1149)
• 3bc2404 deep-exit: fix mixed receiver type (lintDeepExit) (#1150)
• a48710b deep-exit: ignore testable examples (#1155)
• 7f769f8 feat: add redundant-build-tag rule (#1135)
• 7e1d35d feat: optional extension to early-return rule (#1133) (#1138)
• 57fe5b6 fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.12.0 (#1200)
• 47dc923 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.28.0 (#1172)
• 4ba2c56 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.29.0 (#1198)
• a106e63 fix(rule/modifies-value-receiver): miss modification by ++/-- (#1175)
• 24a9325 fix: ast_utils.FuncSignatureIs panics with types names other than ast.Ident (#1174)
• 772285d fix: change URL to the page with rules descriptions (#1129)
• 98a6c97 fix: confusing-results doesn't work with pointer types (#1158)
• 7998011 fix: return configure rule error (#1193)
• d9c61c1 fix: running revive in CI (#1205)
• c3b541f refactor (rule/arguments-limits): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1159)
• 4b13782 refactor (rule/cyclomatic): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1161)
• cb89a4c refactor (rule/datarace): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1162)
• 361c744 refactor (rule/function-length): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1166)
• a31d590 refactor (rule/function-result-limit): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1167)
• 3e1dbc0 refactor (rule/get-return): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1168)
• 5c2aadf refactor (rule/receiver-naming): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1169)
• 278246d refactor (rule/unexported-return): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1170)
• 8f54012 refactor (rule/unused-receiver): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1171)
• 9a5c95f refactor(rule/context-as-argument): replace AST walker by iteration over declarations (#1160)
• f94c9d7 refactor: add all wait group delta at once when possible (#1179)
• 777abc9 refactor: avoid duplicated exitFunctions map (#1145)
• f6a3820 refactor: code cleanup (#1177)
• 0afba4f refactor: enforce map and slice style (#1131)
• 93c6bc8 refactor: extract getVersion function (#1127)
• 77616f0 refactor: fix 'use-any' revive issues (#1204)
• 3421eae refactor: fix linting issues (#1188)
• 4ca2c11 refactor: get rid of mitchellh/go-homedir package (#1195)
• e23fcdb refactor: modifies linting machinery to use Failure as a mean to signal erros in rules application (#1178)
• 0e8acea refactor: move functions out from utils.go (#1139)
• d81fc8f refactor: reduce control nesting in AddConstantRule.configure (#1128)
• 06192a5 refactor: remove lint issues (#1176)
• 660968f refactor: remove redundant fmt.Fprintln calls (#1130)
• 303ae4a refactor: remove useless failure slice declaration (#1141)
• 395f790 refactor: replace failure Category raw string with constant (#1196)
• 9b15f3f refactor: replace panic with error in rules (#1126)
• 3d1115d refactor: rule configuration and error management (#1185)
• 78e927d refactor: simplify by using switch instead of if (#1190)
• cadb2dd refactor: simplify config.GetFormatter; add tests (#1184)
• 1425e2f refactor: simplify with strings.Prefix, strings.CutPrefix (#1137)
• 7cbd3d1 refactor: use slices.SortFunc instead of sort.Slice (#1191)
• 1b4440c refactor: use toml.Unmarshal instead of toml.Decode (#1122)
• 213d960 rename unused parameter (#1143)
• 7f7d024 unused-param,unused-receiver: fix panic message (#1156)
• 09fb350 unused-param,unused-receiver: refactor configure func (#1157)
• 1117372 update doc (#1203)

v1.5.1

Changelog

• cc3ad5f fix #1066 by ignoring what seems legit modification of value receivers
• 1070fcd fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.22.0 (#1099)
• a4d0c43 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.27.0 (#1102)
• ce69652 fix: cli tests on Windows; add tests-on-windows workflow
• 7ee4500 fix: fixes #1103 by fixing the processing of max-public-structs arguments (#1114)
• c0d4d07 fix: nil panic on old go.mod (issue #1100)
• 74e2417 fix: revive hangs on Windows if go.mod is not found
• 4c958ef refactor: remove redundant defer
• be95bfa refactor: rename files to follow Go convention
• 3378f70 refactor: replace mutex with sync.Once for rule configuration (#1118)