golint-sl

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golint-sl runs as a golangci-lint module plugin. This gives you unified configuration, nolint directives, and seamless integration with your existing linting setup.

Prerequisites

Verify golangci-lint is installed:

golangci-lint version

Step 1: Create .custom-gcl.yml

Add this file to your project root:

version: v2.8.0

plugins:
  - module: 'github.com/spechtlabs/golint-sl'
    version: v0.1.0  # Use latest version

This tells golangci-lint to build a custom binary with golint-sl included.

Step 2: Build the Custom Binary

golangci-lint custom

This creates a ./custom-gcl binary in your project directory.

Tips

You only need to rebuild when you change the golangci-lint version or the golint-sl version in .custom-gcl.yml.

Step 3: Configure .golangci.yml

Enable the plugin in your golangci-lint configuration:

version: "2"

linters:
  enable:
    - golint-sl

  settings:
    custom:
      golint-sl:
        type: module
        description: SpechtLabs Go linter collection
        original-url: github.com/spechtlabs/golint-sl

Step 4: Run

./custom-gcl run ./...

Verify the Plugin

Confirm golint-sl is loaded:

./custom-gcl linters | grep golint-sl

Troubleshooting

golangci-lint Not Found

Ensure golangci-lint is installed and in your PATH:

# Install golangci-lint v2
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.8.0

Build Fails

If golangci-lint custom fails:

  1. Ensure your Go version is 1.21 or later: go version
  2. Ensure go.mod exists and modules are downloaded: go mod download
  3. Check that the golint-sl version in .custom-gcl.yml exists on the module proxy

Plugin Not Loaded

If ./custom-gcl linters | grep golint-sl returns nothing:

  1. Ensure .golangci.yml has golint-sl in the enable list
  2. Ensure the settings.custom.golint-sl.type is set to module
  3. Rebuild the binary: golangci-lint custom
Standalone Binary (Advanced)

For quick local testing or development, you can also install golint-sl as a standalone binary:

go install github.com/spechtlabs/golint-sl/cmd/golint-sl@latest
golint-sl ./...

The standalone binary uses its own configuration file (.golint-sl.yaml) and CLI flags. See the CLI Reference for details. For production use, the golangci-lint plugin is strongly recommended.

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