v1.16.0

What's Changed

Features

• Add new rule multiline-if-init by @marcopeereboom in #1715
• Add new rule marshal-receiver by @roidelapluie in #1707
• use-waitgroup-go: support range statements by @alexandear in #1686
• line-length-limit: add excludes to skip lines matching regexps by @ChrisJr404 in #1772
• Add specify-disable-rule directive by @toller892 in #1739
• Allow kebab-cased and lowercased config options by @alexandear in #1750
• Export a few config functions for golangci-lint by @alexandear in #1753
• Use Go 1.26; bump golangci-lint to 2.13.1 by @alexandear in #1777

Bug Fixes

• use-errors-new: disable for Go 1.26 by @alexandear in #1697
• use-any: enable only for Go 1.18+ by @alexandear in #1699
• empty-block: skip bare for-range loops by @alexandear in #1710
• comment-spacings: ignore //#nosec directive by default by @alexandear in #1713
• add-constant: ignore empty string literals by @alexandear in #1716
• unhandled-error: ignore fmt.Fprintf with strings.Builder or bytes.Buffer by @alexandear in #1726
• package-comments: fix false positive on CRLF sources by @Eljees in #1763
• checkstyle formatter: fix invalid XML for filenames with & or " by @VXNCXNX in #1770
• Log rule internal failures instead of aborting File.lint by @far4599 in #1719
• Stamp release binaries with version, commit, date and builder by @Eljees in #1764

Documentation

• Improve rules descriptions by @alexandear in #1671
• Show only kebab-cased options by @alexandear in #1670
• Update switch style rule arguments to kebab-case by @alexandear in #1676
• Fix untyped rules descriptions by @alexandear in #1682
• Improve README and RULES_DESCRIPTIONS by @alexandear in #1698
• Update go instructions for modern go patterns by @denisvmedia in #1731
• Update revive docker version by @alexandear in #1749
• Add before/after examples to a batch of rule descriptions by @youdie006 in #1756
• Add MegaLinter to the linter aggregators section by @nvuillam in #1765
• Document Go versions for rules by @ColumbusLabs in #1766
• Add missing multiline-if-init to the rules table by @alexandear in #1773
• Fix lint issue; remove star history by @alexandear in #1768

Dependency Updates

• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1668
• Update module codeberg.org/chavacava/garif to v0.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1673
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1674
• Update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.20.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1675
• Update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.42.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1677
• Update module mvdan.cc/sh/v3 to v3.13.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1680
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.3 by @renovate[bot] in #1681
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.34.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1683
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.43.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1684
• Update module github.com/fatih/color to v1.19.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1691
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.11.4 by @renovate[bot] in #1692
• Update module golang.org/x/text to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1693
• Update module github.com/hashicorp/go-version to v1.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1700
• Update module mvdan.cc/sh/v3 to v3.13.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1702
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1703
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1705
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.44.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1708
• Update gomod by @renovate[bot] in #1709
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1721
• Update module github.com/mattn/go-isatty to v0.0.22 by @renovate[bot] in #1722
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.3 by @renovate[bot] in #1727
• Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 to v2.12.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1725
• Update gomod by @renovate[bot] in #1730
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1729
• Update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1738
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.4 by @renovate[bot] in #1740
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.46.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1746
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.47.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1751
• Update golang docker tag to v1.26.5 by @renovate[bot] in #1762
• Update module golang.org/x/tools to v0.48.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1759
• Update module golang.org/x/mod to v0.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1758

Chores & Internal

• Move isCallToExitFunction to internal/astutils by @alexandear in #1688
• Remove unused TestGetDevelopmentVersion for pre Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1688
• Remove unused TestGetDevelopmentVersion for pre Go 1.24 by @alexandear in #1690
• Fix modernize issue; enable package-naming rule by @alexandear in #1694
• Introduce AGENTS.md by @denisvmedia in #1732
• Pin to hash versions in GitHub Actions workflows by @alexandear in #1733
• Fix renovate version by @alexandear in #1734
• Update renovate: monthly, disable indirect by @alexandear in #1743
• Cover directive.specify-disable-reason by @alexandear in #1741
• redundant-build-tag: add a case with redundant go1.X by @alexandear in #1735
• Update rules count in TestGetLintingRules by @alexandear in #1748
• Set minimumReleaseAge in Renovate config by @alexandear in #1752
• Use Go 1.26 for linting by @alexandear in #1774

New Contributors

• @marcopeereboom made their first contribution in #1715
• @roidelapluie made their first contribution in #1707
• @far4599 made their first contribution in #1719
• @toller892 made their first contribution in #1739
• @youdie006 made their first contribution in #1756
• @nvuillam made their first contribution in #1765
• @ColumbusLabs made their first contribution in #1766
• @ChrisJr404 made their first contribution in #1772
• @VXNCXNX made their first contribution in #1770
• @Eljees made their first contribution in #1763

Full Changelog: v1.15.0...v1.16.0