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lint fixes and upgrades to latest linter and releaser, and all packages, and go itself

83f123894cabb9472eaf8c3fdb995bb86fe21398 · Pavel Safronov · 2026-01-15 15:19:42 -0800 · parents 0621dedcb586

lint fixes and upgrades to latest linter and releaser, and all packages, and go itself
 Makefile       |  4 ++--
 config.go      |  4 ++--
 config_test.go | 10 +++++----
 extras_test.go |  2 +-
 file.go        |  7 +++++--
 go.mod         | 30 +++++++++++++-------------
 go.sum         | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
 main.go        |  7 ++++---
 postscript.go  |  2 +-
 profile.go     | 13 ++++++------
 10 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37bc82d..fb95975 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ all: build test lint
 all-clean: clean all
 
 dev-setup:
-	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest

+	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.8.0

 	golangci-lint --version
-	go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@latest

+	go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest

 	goreleaser --version
 	echo "${VERSION}" > dev-setup
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 7d6fd30..2e12711 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 func validateConfig(config *Config) error {
-	if config.Profiles == nil || len(config.Profiles) == 0 {
+	if len(config.Profiles) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no profiles found")
 	}
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func saveConfig(path string, config Config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer file.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()
 	encoder := yaml.NewEncoder(file)
 	err = encoder.Encode(config)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index c934bca..3e1a45a 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestSaveLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 		assert.Nil(t, err, "Error creating config directory")
 	}
-	defer os.Remove(configDir)
+	defer func() { _ = os.Remove(configDir) }()
 
 	config := defaultConfig()
 
@@ -50,14 +50,16 @@ func TestSaveLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err, "Error writing invalid yaml file")
 	_, err = loadConfig("./invalid-yaml.yaml")
 	assert.NotNil(t, err, "Expected to fail to parse config, but succeeded")
-	os.Remove("./invalid-yaml.yaml")
+	err = os.Remove("./invalid-yaml.yaml")
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "Error removing invalid yaml file")
 
 	// test saving config to invalid path
 	err = saveConfig("invalid/path/invalid-config.yaml", config)
 	assert.NotNil(t, err, "Expected to fail to save config, but succeeded")
 
 	// remove config
-	os.Remove(configPath)
+	err = os.Remove(configPath)
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "Error removing config file")
 
 	// test default config creation
 	_, err = os.Stat(configPath)
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ profiles:
 `)
 	err := os.WriteFile("./invalid-config.yaml", bytes, 0644)
 	assert.Nil(t, err, "Error writing invalid config file")
-	defer os.Remove("./invalid-config.yaml")
+	defer func() { _ = os.Remove("./invalid-config.yaml") }()
 
 	// load config
 	_, err = loadConfig("./invalid-config.yaml")
diff --git a/extras_test.go b/extras_test.go
index 92e1a8f..96a72e5 100644
--- a/extras_test.go
+++ b/extras_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestExtras(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// cleanup code
 	deleteFile := func() {
-		os.Remove(file.Name())
+		_ = os.Remove(file.Name())
 	}
 	defer deleteFile()
 
diff --git a/file.go b/file.go
index 3189f17..54c2071 100644
--- a/file.go
+++ b/file.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func createFile(
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error creating file: %v", err)
 		}
-		defer file.Close()

+		defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()

 
 		writer := bufio.NewWriter(file)
 		for pipeInputScanner.Scan() {
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ func createFile(
 				return fmt.Errorf("error writing file: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
-		writer.Flush()

+		err = writer.Flush()

+		if err != nil {

+			return fmt.Errorf("error flushing file: %v", err)

+		}

 	} else if useTemplate {
 		postPatternData := createPostPatternData(fullPath, prePatternData)
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"fullPath": fullPath}).Debug("Creating file from template string\n", fullPath)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6cc1a02..ba98bb4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 module gitlab.com/PavelSafronov/template
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.24.0
+
+toolchain go1.24.4
 
 require (
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
-	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.16.3
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220921164117-439092de6870
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.7
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -15,16 +17,16 @@ require github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 // indirect
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig v2.22.0+incompatible
-	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200414173820-0848c9571904 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220728004956-3c1f35247d10 // indirect
+	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20250705151800-55b8f293f342 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb4b6d8..d82edc4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,53 +4,39 @@ github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3Q
 github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
 github.com/Masterminds/sprig v2.22.0+incompatible h1:z4yfnGrZ7netVz+0EDJ0Wi+5VZCSYp4Z0m2dk6cEM60=
 github.com/Masterminds/sprig v2.22.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:y6hNFY5UBTIWBxnzTeuNhlNS5hqE0NB0E6fgfo2Br3o=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 h1:p1EgwI/C7NhT0JmVkwCD2ZBK8j4aeHQX2pMHHBfMQ6w=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
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-github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
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+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
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+github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
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+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
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+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
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-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 h1:trlNQbNUG3OdDrDil03MCb1H2o9nJ1x4/5LYw7byDE0=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f6c9140..2a4217a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ func main() {
 					// list profiles
 					fmt.Println("Available profiles:")
 					for _, p := range config.Profiles {
-						fmt.Printf("  %v: %v\n", p.Name, p.Description)
+						fmt.Printf("  %v: \n", p.Name)
+						fmt.Printf("      %v\n", p.Description)
 					}
 					fmt.Println()
 					return nil
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ func createSettings(
 	} else {
 		config, err := loadConfig(fullConfigPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return settings, fmt.Errorf("error loading config from %v: %w\nConsider running `template reset` to recreate the config file. Keep in mind that `reset` will remove existing config.", fullConfigPath, err)
+			return settings, fmt.Errorf("error loading config from %v: %w\nConsider running `template reset` to recreate the config file, but keep in mind that `reset` will remove existing config settings", fullConfigPath, err)
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("Loaded config from %v\n", fullConfigPath)
 
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ func readEnvVars() (EnvVarValues, error) {
 }
 
 func findProfile(settings Settings) (Profile, error) {
-	var profile Profile = Profile{}
+	var profile = Profile{}
 	var err error
 	config := settings.config
 	createTempProfile := len(settings.fileTemplate) > 0 || len(settings.dirTemplate) > 0 || len(settings.scriptTemplate) > 0
diff --git a/postscript.go b/postscript.go
index a2f353f..4b072d1 100644
--- a/postscript.go
+++ b/postscript.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func createPostScriptArrays(
 	postPatternData PostPatternData) ([]string, error) {
 	array := make([]string, 0)
 
-	if profile.PostScripts == nil || len(profile.PostScripts) == 0 {

+	if len(profile.PostScripts) == 0 {

 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no post scripts specified")
 	}
 
diff --git a/profile.go b/profile.go
index f8d4153..01cf20a 100644
--- a/profile.go
+++ b/profile.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func processProfile(profile Profile, projectName string, extras map[string]strin
 	}
 
 	// execute PostScript, if present
-	if profile.PostScripts != nil && len(profile.PostScripts) > 0 {
+	if len(profile.PostScripts) > 0 {
 		postPatternData := createPostPatternData(fullPath, prePatternData)
 		postScripts, err := createPostScriptArrays(profile, postPatternData)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ func createEntity(
 
 	profileType := profile.Type
 	fullPath := filepath.Join(cwd, newName)
-	if profileType == FolderType {
+	switch profileType {
+	case FolderType:
 		fmt.Printf("Creating folder: %v\n", fullPath)
 		err := monkey.OSMkdir(fullPath, os.ModePerm)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -261,13 +262,13 @@ func createEntity(
 				}
 			}
 		}
-	} else if profileType == FileType {
+	case FileType:
 		fmt.Printf("Creating file: %v\n", fullPath)
 		err := createFile(prePatternData, profile.FileTemplate, fullPath, pipeInputScanner)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-	} else {
+	default:
 		fmt.Printf("Profile type is script, doing nothing during main phase\n")
 	}
 	return fullPath, nil
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ func validateProfile(profile *Profile) error {
 	}
 
 	// check name patterns
-	if profile.NamePatterns == nil || len(profile.NamePatterns) == 0 {
+	if len(profile.NamePatterns) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("namePatterns is required")
 	}
 	for index, namePattern := range profile.NamePatterns {
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ func validateProfile(profile *Profile) error {
 
 	// check ScriptType profile
 	if profile.Type == ScriptType {
-		if profile.NamePatterns != nil && len(profile.NamePatterns) > 1 {
+		if len(profile.NamePatterns) > 1 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("multiple name patterns are not supported for profile %s, which has Type=%s", profile.Name, profile.Type)
 		}
 	}