go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest

golangci-lint run
golangci-lint run ./...
golangci-lint run --fix

# .golangci.yml
run:
  timeout: 5m
  tests: true

linters:
  enable:
    - gofmt
    - govet
    - staticcheck
    - errcheck
    - gosimple
    - ineffassign
    - unused

linters-settings:
  errcheck:
    check-blank: true
  govet:
    check-shadowing: true

linters:
  enable:
    - gofmt       # Format check
    - govet       # Built-in analyzer
    - staticcheck # Comprehensive checks
    - errcheck    # Unchecked errors
    - gosimple    # Simplification
    - ineffassign # Ineffective assignments
    - unused      # Unused code
    - revive      # Fast configurable linter
    - gocyclo     # Cyclomatic complexity
    - misspell    # Spelling errors

issues:
  exclude-rules:
    - path: _test\.go
      linters:
        - errcheck
        - gosec
    - text: "should have comment"
      linters:
        - revive

# GitHub Actions
golangci-lint run --out-format=github-actions

# GitLab CI
golangci-lint run --out-format=code-climate > gl-code-quality-report.json

// Bad
file.Close()

// Good
defer file.Close()

// Bad
for i, _ := range items

// Good
for i := range items

// Bad
result := compute()
result = other()

// Good
result := other()

run:
  concurrency: 4
  deadline: 5m
  skip-dirs:
    - vendor
    - third_party