Introduction

What?

A wrapper that automatically calls the golangci-lint version matching your project.

How?

It traverses filesystem upwards until it finds the file .golangci-version with the following format:

1.63.4

Good place to have the version file is your git repo root.

It installs the right golangci-lint version using the Binaries install method. Binaries are stored under $HOME like this:

.vmatch
└── golangci-lint
    └── v1.63.4
        └── golangci-lint

Why?

I saw mismatching linter versions causing confusion in a team so I thought to automate it.

Lack of tests

Currently there's not too much code and the overall direction of the project is still quite open.

Once the project is deemed feature-complete, writing automated tests (covering all platforms) would be essential for long-term maintenance.

Usage?

Install with

brew install anttiharju/tap/vmatch

Instead of calling golangci-lint, call vmatch. And have a .golangci-version file as outlined above.

For VS Code, this can be done with a .vscode/settings.json file like the one below:

{
  "go.lintTool": "golangci-lint",
  "go.lintFlags": ["--fast"],
  "go.alternateTools": {
    "golangci-lint": "/opt/homebrew/bin/vmatch"
  }
}

For more documentation on VS Code integration, refer to golangci-lint docs.

Stargazers over time

Starring the project helps to get it eventually distributed via homebrew/core :)