What's Changed

Features

• Add new rule multiline-if-init by @marcopeereboom in #1715
• Add new rule marshal-receiver by @roidelapluie in #1707
• use-waitgroup-go: support range statements by @alexandear in #1686
• line-length-limit: add excludes to skip lines matching regexps by @ChrisJr404 in #1772
• Add specify-disable-rule directive by @toller892 in #1739
• Allow kebab-cased and lowercased config options by @alexandear in #1750
• Export a few config functions for golangci-lint by @alexandear in #1753
• Use Go 1.26; bump golangci-lint to 2.13.1 by @alexandear in #1777

Bug Fixes

• use-errors-new: disable for Go 1.26 by @alexandear in #1697
• use-any: enable only for Go 1.18+ by @alexandear in #1699
• empty-block: skip bare for-range loops by @alexandear in #1710
• comment-spacings: ignore //#nosec directive by default by @alexandear in #1713
• add-constant: ignore empty string literals by @alexandear in #1716
• unhandled-error: ignore fmt.Fprintf with strings.Builder or bytes.Buffer by @alexandear in #1726
• package-comments: fix false positive on CRLF sources by @Eljees in #1763
• checkstyle formatter: fix invalid XML for filenames with & or " by @VXNCXNX in #1770
• Log rule internal failures instead of aborting File.lint by @far4599 in #1719
• Stamp release binaries with version, commit, date and builder by @Eljees in #1764

Documentation

• Improve rules descriptions by @alexandear in #1671
• Show only kebab-cased options by @alexandear in #1670
• Update switch style rule arguments to kebab-case by @alexandear in #1676
• Fix untyped rules descriptions by @alexandear in #1682
• Improve README and RULES_DESCRIPTIONS by @alexandear in #1698
• Update go instructions for modern go patterns by @denisvmedia in #1731
• Update revive docker version by @alexandear in #1749
• Add before/after examples to a batch of rule descriptions by @youdie006 in #1756
• Add MegaLinter to the linter aggregators section by @nvuillam in #1765
• Document Go versions for rules by @ColumbusLabs in #1766
• Add missing multiline-if-init to the rules table by @alexandear in #1773
• Fix lint issue; remove star history by @alexandear in #1768

Dependency Updates

• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1668
• Update module codeberg.org/chavacava/garif to v0.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1673
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1674
• Update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.20.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1675
• Update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.42.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1677
• Update module mvdan.cc/sh/v3 to v3.13.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1680
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.3 by @renovate[bot] in #1681
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1683
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.43.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1684
• Update module github.com/fatih/color to v1.19.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1691
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.4 by @renovate[bot] in #1692
• Update module golang.org/x/text to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1693
• Update module github.com/hashicorp/go-version to v1.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1700
• Update module mvdan.cc/sh/v3 to v3.13.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1702
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1703
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1705
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.44.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1708
• Update gomod by @renovate[bot] in #1709
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1721
• Update module github.com/mattn/go-isatty to v0.0.22 by @renovate[bot] in #1722
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.3 by @renovate[bot] in #1727
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.12.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1725
• Update gomod by @renovate[bot] in #1730
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1729
• Update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1738
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.4 by @renovate[bot] in #1740
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.46.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1746
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.47.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1751
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.5 by @renovate[bot] in #1762
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.48.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1759
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1758

Chores & Internal

• Move isCallToExitFunction to internal/astutils by @alexandear in #1688
• Remove unused TestGetDevelopmentVersion for pre Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1688
• Remove unused TestGetDevelopmentVersion for pre Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1690
• Fix modernize issue; enable package-naming rule by @alexandear in #1694
• Introduce AGENTS.md by @denisvmedia in #1732
• Pin to hash versions in GitHub Actions workflows by @alexandear in #1733
• Fix renovate version by @alexandear in #1734
• Update renovate: monthly, disable indirect by @alexandear in #1743
• Cover directive.specify-disable-reason by @alexandear in #1741
• redundant-build-tag: add a case with redundant go1.X by @alexandear in #1735
• Update rules count in TestGetLintingRules by @alexandear in #1748
• Set minimumReleaseAge in Renovate config by @alexandear in #1752
• Use Go 1.26 for linting by @alexandear in #1774

New Contributors

• @marcopeereboom made their first contribution in #1715
• @roidelapluie made their first contribution in #1707
• @far4599 made their first contribution in #1719
• @toller892 made their first contribution in #1739
• @youdie006 made their first contribution in #1756
• @nvuillam made their first contribution in #1765
• @ColumbusLabs made their first contribution in #1766
• @ChrisJr404 made their first contribution in #1772
• @VXNCXNX made their first contribution in #1770
• @Eljees made their first contribution in #1763

Full Changelog: v1.15.0...v1.16.0

What's Changed

BREAKING CHANGE: package-related checks moved from var-naming to a new rule package-naming.
var-naming options skipPackageNameChecks, extraBadPackageNames, and skipPackageNameCollisionWithGoStd are deprecated and treated as no-ops.

Features

• package-naming: move package checks from var-naming by @alexandear in #1645

Bug fixes

• fix: forbid enabling both enableAllRules and enableDefaultRules by @alexandear in #1642

Docs

• docs: improve comments by @alexandear in #1646
• docs: remove archived Bazel and Neovim links by @alexandear in #1652
• docs: add star history to README by @alexandear in #1653

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1638
• chore: bump go.mod version to 1.25.0 by @denisvmedia in #1655
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.26.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1667

Other

• fix(deps): update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.10.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1640
• chore(deps): update github actions (major) by @alexandear in #1635
• chore: enable all revive rules by @alexandear in #1639
• chore: use alias linters.Arguments instead of []any by @alexandear in #1644
• chore: enable unparam.check-exported by @alexandear in #1643
• chore: fix panicking benchmarks by @alexandear in #1648
• chore: enable reassign linter by @alexandear in #1649
• chore: go:fix inline for LintPattern.GetPattern by @alexandear in #1658
• test: improve formatters coverage by @alexandear in #1661
• chore: upgrade hougesen/mdsf to v0.12.0 by @alexandear in #1666

Full Changelog: v1.14.0...v1.15.0

What's Changed

Features

• feature: new rule epoch-naming by @Acollie in #1556
• feature: new rule use-slices-sort by @chavacava in #1605

Bug fixes

• fix: gosec issue in epoch-naming by @alexandear in #1589
• var-naming: improve std package name collision check by @alexandear in #1593
• redundant-test-main-exit: allow flag.Parse() in TestMain by @alexandear in #1599
• fix(inefficient-map-lookup): rule panics on ranges without key by @chavacava in #1604
• enforce-switch-style: handle type switches by @weppos in #1629

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.31.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1584
• fix(deps): update module github.com/hashicorp/go-version to v1.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1591
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.19.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1606
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.31.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1607
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1608
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.32.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1609
• fix(deps): update module github.com/burntsushi/toml to v1.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1611
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.41.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1627
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.33.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1630
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.42.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1631
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1614
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.41.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1621
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.32.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1619

Docs

• docs: document empty-block rule limitations and workarounds by @denisvmedia in #1624
• docs: use go.dev instead of golang.org by @alexandear in #1632

Other

• refactor: enable godoclint linter in golangci-lint by @alexandear in #1576
• fix(deps): update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1578
• test: improve config tests; check only exported funcs by @alexandear in #1579
• refactor: remove unused checkNumberOfArguments by @alexandear in #1581
• test: fix testpackage lint issues for test and ifelse by @alexandear in #1582
• refactor: enable few linters in golangci-lint config by @alexandear in #1580
• chore: format code with gofumpt by @alexandear in #1583
• refactor: fix gosec lint issues by @alexandear in #1586
• chore: add token permissions to GHA by @alexandear in #1590
• change: sort stylish issues; test only exported formatter functions by @alexandear in #1587
• fix(deps): update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.7.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1597
• chore(deps): update tools gomod (major) by @renovate[bot] in #1595
• chore: update GHA in renovate; change to indirect for tools by @alexandear in #1613
• fix(deps): update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1618
• chore(deps): update gomod by @renovate[bot] in #1620
• ci: optimize PR ci runs to only run on related files modified by @denisvmedia in #1625

New Contributors

• @weppos made their first contribution in #1629

Full Changelog: v1.13.0...v1.14.0

What's Changed

Features

• feature: new rule inefficient-map-lookup by @chavacava in #1491
• feature: new rule forbidden-call-in-wg-go by @chavacava in #1514
• struct-tag: support codec struct tag by @pashkov256 in #1507
• feature: support cbor struct tag in struct-tag rule by @chavacava in #1527
• feature: add configuration option in struct-tag rule to omit checking a tag by @chavacava in #1515
• feature: new rule unnecessary-if by @chavacava in #1520
• var-naming: add more bad package names by @Acollie in #1540
• deep-exit: detect exit-triggering flag usage by @uloamaka in #1544

Bug fixes

• fix: rule struct-tag false positive on validate:omitempty by @chavacava in #1525
• import-shadowing: handle versioned packages correctly by @vbvictor in #1445
• package-directory-mismatch: ignore main_test package name by @uloamaka in #1545
• fix: false positive for return in a defer function has no effect by @chavacava in #1531
• fix: rule struct-tag add all missing go-validator tags (#1526) by @focusaurus in #1533
• fix: rule confusing-naming false positive on multiple blank identifiers by @emmanuel-ferdman in #1536
• useless-fallthrough: do not report fallthrough before default by @anupriyakkumari in #1549
• package-directory-mismatch: allow test package names in version paths by @thespags in #1547
• package-directory-mismatch: ignore mismatch in root directory by @uloamaka in #1548

Updates

• fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.15.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1521
• chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.25 by @renovate[bot] in #1474
• docs: fix typos by @alexandear in #1553
• feature: add enableDefaultRules config option by @cce in #1551
• chore(deps): bump Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1555
• chore(deps): update github.com/golangci/golines digest to 8fd09d3 by @renovate[bot] in #1558
• chore(deps): update golang.org/x/telemetry digest to 5cc343d by @renovate[bot] in #1559
• chore(deps): update module github.com/catenacyber/perfsprint to v0.10.1 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1560
• chore(deps): update github.com/golangci/gofmt digest to 3e58ba0 by @renovate[bot] in #1557
• chore: update schedule in renovate config by @alexandear in #1571
• chore(deps): update module dev.gaijin.team/go/golib to v0.7.0 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1570
• chore(deps): update module google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.36.10 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #1569
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.18.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1572
• change: merge code-style with style categories by @alexandear in #1573
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.38.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1574
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.39.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1577

Docs

• docs: update TOC; check for TOC consistency in GHA by @alexandear in #1493
• doc: clearly identify configuration examples by @chavacava in #1504
• doc: add before/after examples to confusing-results description by @chavacava in #1503
• doc: add before/after examples to bool-literal-in-expr description by @chavacava in #1500
• docs: fix MD024/no-duplicate-heading lint issue by @alexandear in #1513
• docs: enhance struct-tag rule description by @alexandear in #1512

New Contributors

• @pashkov256 made their first contribution in #1507
• @focusaurus made their first contribution in #1533
• @Acollie made their first contribution in #1540
• @uloamaka made their first contribution in #1545
• @thespags made their first contribution in #1547
• @anupriyakkumari made their first contribution in #1549

Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.13.0

What's Changed

Features

• exported: improve error message by @ccoVeille in #1403
• modifies-parameter: handle slices.Delete and slices.DeleteFunc by @vbvictor in #1427
• identical-branches: check branches of "if ... else if" chains by @chavacava in #1440
• feature: detect identical-branches in switch statements by @chavacava in #1448
• feature: new rule identical-switch-conditions by @chavacava in #1451
• feature: new rule identical-ifelseif-conditions by @chavacava in #1454
• Split identical-branches into 3 rules by @chavacava in #1453
• feature: new rule useless-fallthrough by @chavacava in #1462
• struct-tag: support spanner struct tag by @sarthakw7 in #1479
• feature: new rule package-directory-mismatch by @vbvictor in #1429
• feature: detect useless options in spanner struct tag by @chavacava in #1483
• feature: struct-tag warns on (useless) options on ignored fields by @chavacava in #1487
• feature: new rule use-waitgroup-go by @chavacava in #1484
• feature: new rule unsecure-url-scheme by @chavacava in #1478

Bug fixes

• fix(1438): enforce-switch-style - false positive with pure return switch by @chavacava in #1446
• fix: default formatter generates an extra new line by @chavacava in #1485

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.28.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1467
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1466
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.27.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1468
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.36.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1469

Docs

• docs: add DeepWiki link to README by @alexandear in #1432
• docs: add missing use-waitgroup-go TOC entry by @alexandear in #1492
• docs: add info about golang code snippets by @alexandear in #1494

New Contributors

• @sarthakw7 made their first contribution in #1479

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.12.0

What's Changed

Features

• feature: new rule enforce-switch-default by @chavacava in #1390
• early-return: detect short deviated statements by @alexandear in #1396
• exported: ignore exported symbols from the main package by @alexandear in #1398

Bug fixes

• fix: var-naming rule extraBadPackageNames type by @ldez in #1404
• unexported-return: exclude main package and test files by @ccoVeille in #1399
• unexported-return: fix type aliases support by @ldez in #1408
• var-naming: option to skip initialism name checks by @krenzler in #1415
• var-naming: handle possible panic by @alexandear in #1405

Updates

• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.26.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1400
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1402
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1416
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.16.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1417
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.27.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1418
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.26.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1419
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1423

Docs

• docs: improve Installation section by @alexandear in #1409
• docs: improve unhandled-error ignore argument examples by @scop in #1412

New Contributors

• @krenzler made their first contribution in #1415

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.11.0

What's Changed

• var-naming: detect meaningless package names by @alexandear in #1312
• docs: update golangci-lint configuration to v2 by @alexandear in #1318
• var-name checks each package name only once by @chavacava in #1319
• var-naming: remove regex from code by @mfederowicz in #1322
• fix(1323): false positive in get-return rule for HTTP Get handlers by @chavacava in #1325
• chore: enable a few revive rules by @alexandear in #1330
• chore: remove redundant typeparams for Go 1.17 by @alexandear in #1331
• chore: avoid third-party morphy2k/revive-action in CI by @alexandear in #1334
• chore: remove redundant //revive:disable-line by @alexandear in #1335
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.14.0 by @renovate in #1337
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.33.0 by @renovate in #1336
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.25.0 by @renovate in #1338
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.33.0 by @renovate in #1339
• chore(deps): update codeberg.org/chavacava/garif to v0.2.0 by @miparnisari in #1340
• docs: fix displaying rules table on revive.run by @alexandear in #1349
• Integrate golangci-lint into CI/CD pipeline by @ArjunRajpal123 in #1346
• chore: remove unused deploy key by @alexandear in #1352
• Remove tablewriter dependency by @volfgox in #1351
• tiny refactoring on friendly, sarif and stylish formatters by @chavacava in #1355
• fix(deps): update module github.com/mgechev/dots to v1.0.0 by @renovate in #1358
• Update rule description URLs to point to revive.run by @volfgox in #1360
• chore: add linter for Markdown files by @alexandear in #1361
• fix(#1367): struct-tag with validate is missing built-in rules by @chavacava in #1368
• time-date: add rule to check for time.Date usage by @ccoVeille in #1327
• fix(#1363): package-comments ignores //nolint directives by @chavacava in #1366
• refactor: removes get from getters names by @chavacava in #1373
• refactor: test utils functions by removing redundant test instructions parsing and simplifying asserting functions by @chavacava in #1374
• docs: format code snippets in markdown files by @alexandear in #1324
• fix: avoid false positive for blank identifier by @ccoVeille in #1376
• chore: improve time-date decimal tests by @ccoVeille in #1378
• new rule to spot unnecessary use of formatting functions by @chavacava in #1372
• refactor: enable gocritic linter; fix lint issues by @alexandear in #1375
• refactor: gofmt testdata by @alexandear in #1379
• refactor: moves code related to AST from rule.utils into astutils package by @chavacava in #1380
• feature: Add nil timezone handling detection to time-date rule by @ccoVeille in #1377
• chore: enable thelper linter in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1386
• chore: enable dupword linter in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1385
• chore: enforce American English spelling in golangci-lint by @ccoVeille in #1384
• docs: improve comments for functions; enable godot by @alexandear in #1382
• docs: use contrib.rocks to make contributors section shorter by @alexandear in #1381
• feature: detect time/date out of bounds in time-date rule by @ccoVeille in #1370
• refactor: simplifies the implementation of rule call-to-gc by @chavacava in #1388
• feature: rule use-fmt-print by @chavacava in #1389

New Contributors

• @miparnisari made their first contribution in #1340
• @ArjunRajpal123 made their first contribution in #1346
• @volfgox made their first contribution in #1351

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.10.0

Changelog

• 343da9f Refactor/exported (#1299)
• 379856a chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 (#1285)
• 2442da0 chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.32.0 (#1293)
• a9ee63c chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.24.0 (#1296)
• 5f32e8b chore: add lint and all targets to Makefile (#1298)
• 8221f85 chore: remove edited trigger (#1309)
• c882cb8 exported: correctly report deprecation-only comments (#1295)
• 02f0a40 feature: Improve error-strings rule to detect acronyms and proper nouns (#1287)
• 7f7f31a feature: add support for properties tag in struct-tag rule (#1289)
• f4e39a7 fix false positive in useless-break when a label follows a break (#1286)
• 535ec5a fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.32.0 (#1301)
• 57ed899 fix: add missing TypeCheck call (#1308)
• d6ad7ce fix: call fmt.Errorf with wrong err (#1290)
• fbd90be fix: race condition of Package fields (#1307)
• 1cb97fd refactor: fix typos in comments and struct names (#1304)
• f0eea95 struct-tag: change reported messages and refactor implementation (#1292)

Changelog

• 561c949 change: replace log with log/slog for logging (#1280)
• c9c079f chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.31.0 (#1257)
• dc3de10 chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.23.0 (#1259)
• 54ea25b doc: update description of struct-tag rule (#1262)
• 4f34235 feature: add suport of mapstructure struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1241)
• 3bbfedb feature: add suport of validate struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1244)
• 88d5434 feature: add support for TOML struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1255)
• 3cf67c5 feature: add support of URL struct tags in struct-tag rule (#1239)
• a4ee892 feature: add support of datastore struct tags in struct-tag rume (#1240)
• 88e5689 fix(deps): update module github.com/burntsushi/toml to v1.5.0 (#1276)
• 8b973cb fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.13.0 (#1270)
• 770af80 fix(deps): update module github.com/spf13/afero to v1.14.0 (#1271)
• c940fa6 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.24.0 (#1258)
• 39ae683 fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.31.0 (#1261)
• b77bb1a fix: cognitive complexity nesting with if-else chains (#1268)
• 67d0a61 fix: error-strings custom funcs overwrites defaults (#1249)
• 77f4474 refactor: string-format implements ConfigurableRule (#1251)
• 43a44af refactor: apply suggestions from gopls modernize (#1282)
• 9919e6b refactor: replace IsAtLeastGo1* functions by IsAtLeastGoVersion (#1274)
• b04d5a7 refactor: return error instead of panic (#1252)
• 6d0498c refactor: simplify File.disabledIntervals, add tests (#1216)
• 9f5f957 rule: allow lowercased and kebab-cased options (#1272)

Changelog

• a59a228 chore(deps): update golang docker tag to v1.24 (#1232)
• 8ece20b feature: add support for omitzero in rule struct-tag (#1238)
• 4020f43 fix: exclusions are no longer working as before (#1237)