Use golangci-lint instead of golint (#400)

Author: alessio-perugini

workflow-templates/assets/check-go-task/Taskfile.yml

@@ -22,18 +22,9 @@ tasks:
     dir: "{{default .DEFAULT_GO_MODULE_PATH .GO_MODULE_PATH}}"
     cmds:
       - |
-        if ! which golint &>/dev/null; then
-          echo "golint not installed or not in PATH. Please install: https://github.com/golang/lint#installation"
+        if ! which golangci-lint &>/dev/null; then
+          echo "golangci-lint not installed or not in PATH."
+          echo "Please install: https://golangci-lint.run/usage/install/#local-installation"
           exit 1
         fi
-      - |
-        golint \
-          {{default "-min_confidence 0.8 -set_exit_status" .GO_LINT_FLAGS}} \
-          {{default .DEFAULT_GO_PACKAGES .GO_PACKAGES}}
-
-  # Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/check-go-task/Taskfile.yml
-  go:vet:
-    desc: Check for errors in Go code
-    dir: "{{default .DEFAULT_GO_MODULE_PATH .GO_MODULE_PATH}}"
-    cmds:
-      - go vet {{default .DEFAULT_GO_PACKAGES .GO_PACKAGES}}
+      - golangci-lint run

workflow-templates/assets/go/.golangci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/go/.golangci.yml
+# See: https://golangci-lint.run/usage/configuration/
+issues:
+  exclude-use-default: false
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - revive

workflow-templates/check-go-task.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Install the [`check-go-task.yml`](check-go-task.yml) GitHub Actions workflow to
 
 - [`Taskfile.yml`](assets/check-go-task/Taskfile.yml) - Linting and formatting [tasks](https://taskfile.dev/).
   - Install to: repository root (or merge into the existing `Taskfile.yml`).
+- [`.golangci.yml`](assets/go/.golangci.yml) - Contains all the go-linting configurations.
+  - Install to: repository root as `.golangci.yml`
 - [`Taskfile.yml`](assets/go-task/Taskfile.yml) - `DEFAULT_GO_MODULE_PATH` and `DEFAULT_GO_PACKAGES` variables
   - Merge into `Taskfile.yml`
 

workflow-templates/check-go-task.yml

@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-go-task.ya?ml"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
+      - ".golangci.ya?ml"
       - "**/go.mod"
       - "**/go.sum"
       - "**.go"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-go-task.ya?ml"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
+      - ".golangci.ya?ml"
       - "**/go.mod"
       - "**/go.sum"
       - "**.go"
@@ -53,42 +55,6 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "result=$RESULT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  check-errors:
-    name: check-errors (${{ matrix.module.path }})
-    needs: run-determination
-    if: needs.run-determination.outputs.result == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
-      matrix:
-        module:
-          # TODO: add paths of all Go modules here
-          - path: ./
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Install Task
-        uses: arduino/setup-task@v1
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          version: 3.x
-
-      - name: Check for errors
-        env:
-          GO_MODULE_PATH: ${{ matrix.module.path }}
-        run: task go:vet
-
   check-outdated:
     name: check-outdated (${{ matrix.module.path }})
     needs: run-determination
@@ -159,8 +125,10 @@ jobs:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: 3.x
 
-      - name: Install golint
-        run: go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
+      - name: Install golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: v1.54
 
       - name: Check style
         env: