GODRIVER-3670 Run golangci-lint CLI migration

[prestonvasquez]

GODRIVER-3670

Summary

Upgrade golangci-lint usage and config to the current CLI, then applies linter-driven fixes across the repo. Clean up revive “unexported-return” issues and staticcheck warnings, grouped by package.

gosec issues are being tracked in #2245 due to complexity

Background & Motivation

golangci-lint is failing for reasons unknown to the golangci-lint team.

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Pull request overview

This PR upgrades golangci-lint from v1.60.1 to v2.6.2 and updates the configuration to align with the v2 CLI format. The changes apply automated linter fixes across the codebase, including removing deprecated build tags, improving code clarity, and addressing revive and staticcheck warnings.

Key Changes:

• Migrated golangci-lint configuration from v1 to v2 format
• Removed legacy // +build tags (now redundant with //go:build)
• Applied automated code improvements suggested by linters (variable naming, boolean logic simplification, etc.)

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
.golangci.yml	Migrated config to v2 format with updated linter settings and exclusion rules
etc/golangci-lint.sh	Updated golangci-lint version to 2.6.2
Multiple build tag files	Removed deprecated // +build tags across ~30 files
x/mongo/driver/topology/*.go	Fixed variable naming, simplified boolean expressions, removed blank lines
x/mongo/driver/session/client_session.go	Converted if-else chains to switch statements
x/mongo/driver/operation*.go	Simplified boolean logic with De Morgan's laws
x/bsonx/bsoncore/*.go	Changed objectID type to explicit [12]byte array
mongo/*.go	Renamed variables for clarity (Db→DB, MS→Time suffixes)
internal/integration/*.go	Updated test database naming and simplified loop conditions

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API Change Report

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Rejecting all AI suggestions that conflict with the golangci-lint static analysis --fix flag.

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🧪 Performance Results

Commit SHA: 5b4050c

The following benchmark tests for version 69278162867a2d0007aa97b7 had statistically significant changes (i.e., |z-score| > 1.96):

Benchmark	Measurement	% Change	Patch Value	Stable Region	H-Score	Z-Score
BenchmarkMultiFindMany	ops_per_second_min	-87.7627	4230.4406	Avg: 34569.9551 Med: 34572.9443 Stdev: 15135.9279	0.7169	-2.0045
BenchmarkBSONFullDocumentEncoding	total_mem_allocs	2.8880	1579568.0000	Avg: 1535231.1176 Med: 1532839.0000 Stdev: 16903.4213	0.7908	2.6230
BenchmarkBSONFullDocumentEncoding	total_bytes_allocated	2.8775	273233736.0000	Avg: 265591273.4118 Med: 265291880.0000 Stdev: 2896393.3976	0.7919	2.6386

For a comprehensive view of all microbenchmark results for this PR's commit, please check out the Evergreen perf task for this patch.