Add go-errorlint

.golangci.example.yml

@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ linters-settings:
     # Choose whether or not to use the extra rules that are disabled
     # by default
     extra-rules: false
+  errorlint:
+    # Report non-wrapping error creation using fmt.Errorf
+    errorf: true
 
   # The custom section can be used to define linter plugins to be loaded at runtime. See README doc
   #  for more info.

go.mod

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nakabonne/nestif v0.3.0
 	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.0.0-20200811152831-6cf413ae40e0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v0.0.0-20201006195004-351e25ade6e3
 	github.com/ryancurrah/gomodguard v1.1.0
 	github.com/ryanrolds/sqlclosecheck v0.3.0
 	github.com/securego/gosec/v2 v2.4.0

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ type LintersSettings struct {
 	NoLintLint  NoLintLintSettings
 	Exhaustive  ExhaustiveSettings
 	Gofumpt     GofumptSettings
+	ErrorLint   ErrorLintSettings
 
 	Custom map[string]CustomLinterSettings
 }
@@ -360,6 +361,10 @@ type GofumptSettings struct {
 	ExtraRules bool `mapstructure:"extra-rules"`
 }
 
+type ErrorLintSettings struct {
+	Errorf bool `mapstructure:"errorf"`
+}
+
 var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	Lll: LllSettings{
 		LineLength: 120,
@@ -416,6 +421,9 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	Gofumpt: GofumptSettings{
 		ExtraRules: false,
 	},
+	ErrorLint: ErrorLintSettings{
+		Errorf: true,
+	},
 }
 
 type CustomLinterSettings struct {

pkg/golinters/errorlint.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package golinters
+
+import (
+	"github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint/errorlint"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/golinters/goanalysis"
+)
+
+func NewErrorLint(cfg *config.ErrorLintSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
+	a := errorlint.NewAnalyzer()
+	cfgMap := map[string]map[string]interface{}{}
+	if cfg != nil {
+		cfgMap[a.Name] = map[string]interface{}{
+			"errorf": cfg.Errorf,
+		}
+	}
+	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
+		"errorlint",
+		"go-errorlint is a source code linter for Go software "+
+			"that can be used to find code that will cause problems"+
+			"with the error wrapping scheme introduced in Go 1.13.",
+		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
+		cfgMap,
+	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
+}

pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go

@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 	var govetCfg *config.GovetSettings
 	var testpackageCfg *config.TestpackageSettings
 	var exhaustiveCfg *config.ExhaustiveSettings
+	var errorlintCfg *config.ErrorLintSettings
 	if m.cfg != nil {
 		govetCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Govet
 		testpackageCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Testpackage
 		exhaustiveCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Exhaustive
+		errorlintCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.ErrorLint
 	}
 	const megacheckName = "megacheck"
 	lcs := []*linter.Config{
@@ -315,6 +317,10 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
 			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
 			WithURL("https://github.com/moricho/tparallel"),
+		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewErrorLint(errorlintCfg)).
+			WithPresets(linter.PresetBugs).
+			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
+			WithURL("https://github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint"),
 
 		// nolintlint must be last because it looks at the results of all the previous linters for unused nolint directives
 		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewNoLintLint()).

test/testdata/errorlint.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//args: -Eerrorlint
+package testdata
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"log"
+)
+
+var errFoo = errors.New("foo")
+
+func doThing() error {
+	return errFoo
+}
+
+func compare() {
+	err := doThing()
+	if errors.Is(err, errFoo) {
+		log.Println("ErrFoo")
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		log.Println("nil")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("nil")
+	}
+	if nil == err {
+		log.Println("nil")
+	}
+	if nil != err {
+		log.Println("nil")
+	}
+	if err == errFoo { // ERROR "comparing with == will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for a specific error"
+		log.Println("errFoo")
+	}
+	if err != errFoo { // ERROR "comparing with != will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for a specific error"
+		log.Println("not errFoo")
+	}
+	if errFoo == err { // ERROR "comparing with == will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for a specific error"
+		log.Println("errFoo")
+	}
+	if errFoo != err { // ERROR "comparing with != will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for a specific error"
+		log.Println("not errFoo")
+	}
+	switch err { // ERROR "switch on an error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for specific errors"
+	case errFoo:
+		log.Println("errFoo")
+	}
+	switch doThing() { // ERROR "switch on an error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.Is to check for specific errors"
+	case errFoo:
+		log.Println("errFoo")
+	}
+}
+
+type myError struct{}
+
+func (*myError) Error() string {
+	return "foo"
+}
+
+func doAnotherThing() error {
+	return &myError{}
+}
+
+func typeCheck() {
+	err := doAnotherThing()
+	var me *myError
+	if errors.As(err, &me) {
+		log.Println("myError")
+	}
+	_, ok := err.(*myError) // ERROR "type assertion on error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.As to check for specific errors"
+	if ok {
+		log.Println("myError")
+	}
+	switch err.(type) { // ERROR "type switch on error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.As to check for specific errors"
+	case *myError:
+		log.Println("myError")
+	}
+	switch doAnotherThing().(type) { // ERROR "type switch on error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.As to check for specific errors"
+	case *myError:
+		log.Println("myError")
+	}
+	switch t := err.(type) { // ERROR "type switch on error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.As to check for specific errors"
+	case *myError:
+		log.Println("myError", t)
+	}
+	switch t := doAnotherThing().(type) { // ERROR "type switch on error will fail on wrapped errors. Use errors.As to check for specific errors"
+	case *myError:
+		log.Println("myError", t)
+	}
+}

test/testdata/errorlint_errorf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//args: -Eerrorlint
+//config: linters-settings.errorlint.errorf=true
+package testdata
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type customError struct{}
+
+func (customError) Error() string {
+	return "oops"
+}
+
+func wraps() {
+	err := errors.New("oops")
+	fmt.Errorf("error: %w", err)
+	fmt.Errorf("error: %v", err)         // ERROR "non-wrapping format verb for fmt.Errorf. Use `%w` to format errors"
+	fmt.Errorf("%v %v", err, err)        // ERROR "non-wrapping format verb for fmt.Errorf. Use `%w` to format errors"
+	fmt.Errorf("error: %s", err.Error()) // ERROR "non-wrapping format verb for fmt.Errorf. Use `%w` to format errors"
+	customError := customError{}
+	fmt.Errorf("error: %s", customError.Error()) // ERROR "non-wrapping format verb for fmt.Errorf. Use `%w` to format errors"
+	strErr := "oops"
+	fmt.Errorf("%v", strErr)
+}