skip-dirs options in .golangci.yml not equivalent to --skip-dirs flags

[fredbi]

Entering skip-dirs regexp in .golangci.yml does not exclude dirs:

skip-dirs:
  - (assets|cognito)

=> reports issues about files there

whereas running from the same directory:

$ golangci-lint run --skip-dirs='(assets|cognito)'

skips the dirs with this pattern as expected.

1. Version of golangci-lint: golangci-lint --version (or git commit if you don't use binary distribution)

$ git log -1
commit 0c82b641236764940235a15c3d51a4623b8045a1
Author: Denis Isaev <denis@golangci.com>
Date:   Wed Sep 5 20:49:57 2018 +0300

    return gosec default excludes: it's too annoying for users

2. Go environment: go version && go env

$ go version && go env
go version go1.10.3 linux/amd64
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/ubuntu/.cache/go-build"
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/ubuntu/thefundschain/poc.1.0.2"
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
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-build018406683=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

3. Verbose output of running: golangci-lint run -v
   cf. description above

[jirfag]

hi!
are you sure that you've properly used skip-dirs in .golangci.yml? it should be under run section, like this:

run:
  skip-dirs:
    - src/external_libs
    - autogenerated_by_my_lib

[fredbi]

Mmh didn't know that. Yes this works with run. Thanks

[ismaelvacco]

Just an FYI:

In a recent version, the run.skip-dirs was deprecated. The right way is issues.exclude-dirs.

[caibirdme]

Just an FYI:

In a recent version, the run.skip-dirs was deprecated. The right way is issues.exclude-dirs.

Seems like there's no issues.exclude-dirs option: https://golangci-lint.run/usage/configuration/#issues-configuration

[ldez]

You are reading the documentation of golangci-lint v2.

• https://ldez.github.io/blog/2025/03/23/golangci-lint-v2/
• https://golangci-lint.run/product/migration-guide/
• https://golangci-lint.run/usage/false-positives/#exclude-issues-by-path

[Emptyless]

to build on the answer of @ldez, a comparable run.skip-dirs or issues.exclude-dirs in golangci-lint v2 would be:

linters:
  exclusions:
    paths:
      - assets
      - cognito

[nitinkumar-na]

to build on the answer of @ldez, a comparable run.skip-dirs or issues.exclude-dirs in golangci-lint v2 would be:

linters:
exclusions:
paths:
- assets
- cognito

Hey @Emptyless, what about run.skip-files ?

[ldez]

The answer is the same, because run.skip-files/issues.exclude-files and run.skip-dirs/issues.exclude-dirs have been merged into linters.exclusions.paths.