golangci-lint: add capability to autofix

.automation/test/golang/golang_fix_01.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// This is a package comment
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+fmt.Println("hello world")
+nicolas()
+}

.automation/test/golang/golang_fix_02.go

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// This is a package comment
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func nicolas() {
+fmt.Println("hello world")
+}

.github/linters/.golangci.yml

@@ -1,40 +1,11 @@
----
-#########################
-#########################
-## Golang Linter rules ##
-#########################
-#########################
-
-# configure golangci-lint
-# see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/master/.golangci.example.yml
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test\.go
-      linters:
-        - dupl
-        - gosec
-        - goconst
 linters:
+  disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - golint
-    - gosec
-    - unconvert
-    - gocyclo
-    - goconst
-    - goimports
-    - maligned
+    - gofmt
     - gocritic
-linters-settings:
-  errcheck:
-    # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-blank: true
-  govet:
-    # report about shadowed variables
-    check-shadowing: true
-  gocyclo:
-    # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default
-    min-complexity: 15
-  maligned:
-    # print struct with more effective memory layout or not, false by default
-    suggest-new: true
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - staticcheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unused

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-linter.yml file, or with `oxsecurity/megalinter:beta` docker image
 
-- cljstyle: Remove default value for configuration file name
+- Linter enhancements & fixes
+  - cljstyle: Remove default value for configuration file name
+  - golangci-lint : Add autofix capability using **--fix** argument
 
 - Linter versions upgrades
   - [clj-kondo](https://github.com/borkdude/clj-kondo) from 2023.05.18 to **2023.05.26** on 2023-06-01

TEMPLATES/.golangci.yml

@@ -1,40 +1,11 @@
----
-#########################
-#########################
-## Golang Linter rules ##
-#########################
-#########################
-
-# configure golangci-lint
-# see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/master/.golangci.example.yml
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test\.go
-      linters:
-        - dupl
-        - gosec
-        - goconst
 linters:
+  disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - golint
-    - gosec
-    - unconvert
-    - gocyclo
-    - goconst
-    - goimports
-    - maligned
+    - gofmt
     - gocritic
-linters-settings:
-  errcheck:
-    # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-blank: true
-  govet:
-    # report about shadowed variables
-    check-shadowing: true
-  gocyclo:
-    # minimal code complexity to report, 30 by default
-    min-complexity: 15
-  maligned:
-    # print struct with more effective memory layout or not, false by default
-    suggest-new: true
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - staticcheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unused

megalinter/descriptors/go.megalinter-descriptor.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linters:
     cli_lint_mode: list_of_files
     cli_lint_extra_args:
       - "run"
+    cli_lint_fix_arg_name: --fix
     cli_version_arg_name: "version"
     version_extract_regex: "((\\d+(\\.\\d+)+)|(master))"
     examples: