Docker version `golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1` raise "no go files to analyze"

[ybiquitous]

• Yes, I'm using a binary release within 2 latest major releases. Only such installations are supported.
• Yes, I've searched similar issues on GitHub and didn't find any.
• Yes, I've included all information below (version, config, etc).
• Yes, I've tried with the standalone linter if available. (https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/)

Description of the problem

The Docker version of golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 raises the error Running error: context loading failed: no go files to analyze, while golangci/golangci-lint:v1.36.0 never raises any error.

See also #825 (comment).

Version of golangci-lint

$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 golangci-lint version
golangci-lint has version v1.37.1 built from b39dbcd6 on 2021-02-20T11:59:15Z

Config file

No config file.

Go environment

$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 go version
go version go1.16 linux/amd64

$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 go env
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/root/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/root/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.16"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/dev/null"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build2324239100=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

Verbose output of running

$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 golangci-lint cache clean
$ docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 golangci-lint run -v
level=info msg="[config_reader] Config search paths: [./ /app / /root]"
level=info msg="[lintersdb] Active 10 linters: [deadcode errcheck gosimple govet ineffassign staticcheck structcheck typecheck unused varcheck]"
level=info msg="[loader] Go packages loading at mode 575 (types_sizes|exports_file|name|files|imports|compiled_files|deps) took 44.4827ms"
level=error msg="Running error: context loading failed: no go files to analyze"
level=info msg="Memory: 2 samples, avg is 72.1MB, max is 72.1MB"
level=info msg="Execution took 50.8686ms"

Code example or link to a public repository

test.go:

package main

var unused int

func main() {
	print()
}

Only test.go file is present in the current directory:

$ ls -a .
.       ..      test.go

[ldez]

It's because the go.mod is missing

[ldez]

$ tree
.
└── foo.go

0 directories, 1 file
$ golangci-lint version
golangci-lint has version 1.37.1 built from b39dbcd6 on 2021-02-20T11:48:06Z
$ golangci-lint run
ERRO Running error: context loading failed: no go files to analyze 

$ tree
.
├── foo.go
└── go.mod

0 directories, 2 files
$ golangci-lint version
golangci-lint has version 1.37.1 built from b39dbcd6 on 2021-02-20T11:48:06Z
$ golangci-lint run
foo.go:3:5: `unused` is unused (deadcode)
var unused int
    ^

[ybiquitous]

@ldez Thank you so much! I understand the behavior change. 👍

When I turn off GO111MODULE, I confirm golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 works well.

$ docker run --env GO111MODULE=off --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 golangci-lint run
test.go:3:5: `unused` is unused (deadcode)
var unused int
    ^

/tmp/foo
$ docker run --env GO111MODULE=on --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v1.37.1 golangci-lint run
level=error msg="Running error: context loading failed: no go files to analyze"

I'll close this issue if no problems or concerns. Thanks!