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Visual Studio Code Go Plugin

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Go Lint CI

Below is a basic example of a Goci-lint configuration file (.Goci.yml) that you can use as a starting point for your Go project. This setup includes commonly used linters while keeping the configuration simple and clean.

# .Goci.yml
run:
  timeout: 5m
  tests: true # Run linters on test files
 
linters-settings:
  govet:
    check-shadowing: true
 
  gocyclo:
    min-complexity: 10 # Minimum complexity to report
 
  ineffassign: # Detects assignments to variables that are never used
    enabled: true
 
  staticcheck:
    checks:
      - all
 
  revive:
    severity: warning # Define custom severity for revive
 
linters:
  enable:
    - govet         # Reports suspicious constructs
    - staticcheck   # Advanced static analysis
    - gocyclo       # Reports high complexity functions
    - gofmt         # Checks for gofmt issues
    - ineffassign   # Detects ineffective assignments
    - revive        # Replacement for golint
  disable:
    - errcheck      # Disable if you find it too verbose
    - typecheck     # Disable type checking if it's already done elsewhere
 
issues:
  exclude-rules:
    - path: ".*_test.go" # Exclude rules for test files
      linters:
        - gocyclo
  max-issues-per-linter: 50
  max-same-issues: 3
 
output:
  format: colored-line-number
  print-issued-lines: true

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Install Goci-lint

Run the following command

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

Ensure it’s in your PATH, by running the following command

Goci-lint --version

if it is not available, try to run This

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

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