Switch from golint to staticcheck (cucumber#457)

* Switch from golint to staticcheck

* Remove unused function

run_test.go:618:6: func passingStepDefWithoutReturn is unused (U1000)

* Remove unused function

suite.go:421:6: func isEmptyFeature is unused (U1000)

* Fix unnecessary use of fmt.Sprintf

test_context_test.go:45:66: unnecessary use of fmt.Sprintf (S1039)
test_context_test.go:46:61: unnecessary use of fmt.Sprintf (S1039)

* Fix CI error

https://github.com/cucumber/godog/runs/5146601108?check_suite_focus=true#step:7:28

* Change CI to run staticcheck instead of golint

* Use staticcheck that definitely pass

* Fix CI staticcheck error

https://github.com/cucumber/godog/runs/5147133955?check_suite_focus=true#step:6:17

* Only run staticcheck for Go 1.17

Co-authored-by: Viacheslav Poturaev <[email protected]>

* Add staticcheck linux binary

* Update Go module dependencies in _examples

* Use static check binary in bin for CI

* Reduce number of dependencies

Also add a note to CONTRIBUTING.md about the _examples module

* Pin the version of staticcheck

Co-authored-by: Viacheslav Poturaev <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Matt Wynne <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Viacheslav Poturaev <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-go-cache
       - name: Run gofmt
         run: gofmt -d -e . 2>&1 | tee outfile && test -z "$(cat outfile)" && rm outfile
-      - name: Run golint
+      - name: Run staticcheck
+        if: matrix.go-version == '1.17.x'
         run: |
-          go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
-          golint -set_exit_status ./...
-          cd _examples && golint -set_exit_status ./... && cd ..
+          bin/staticcheck_linux_amd64_2021.1.2 github.com/cucumber/godog
+          bin/staticcheck_linux_amd64_2021.1.2 github.com/cucumber/godog/cmd/godog
+          # Disable for now because of failing checks
+          # TODO: Add back in when fixes are made
+          # bin/staticcheck_linux_amd64_2021.1.2 ./...
       - name: Run go vet
         run: |
           go vet ./...

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ If everything passes, you're ready to hack!
 [install go]: https://golang.org/doc/install
 [community Slack]: https://cucumber.io/community#slack
 [raise an issue]: https://github.com/cucumber/godog/issues/new/choose
+
+## Changing dependencies
+
+If dependencies have changed, you will also need to update the _examples module. `go mod tidy` should be sufficient.

Makefile

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ test: check-go-version
 	@echo "running all tests"
 	@go install ./...
 	@go fmt ./...
-	@go run golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest github.com/cucumber/godog
-	@go run golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest github.com/cucumber/godog/cmd/godog
+	@go run honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/[email protected] github.com/cucumber/godog
+	@go run honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/[email protected] github.com/cucumber/godog/cmd/godog
 	go vet ./...
 	go test -race ./...
 	godog -f progress -c 4

bin/staticcheck_linux_amd64_2021.1.2

@@ -632,8 +632,7 @@ type progressOutput struct {
 	bottomRows      []string
 }
 
-func passingStepDef() error        { return nil }
-func passingStepDefWithoutReturn() {}
+func passingStepDef() error { return nil }
 
 func oddEvenStepDef(odd, even int) error { return oddOrEven(odd, even) }
 

run_test.go

@@ -418,16 +418,6 @@ func (s *suite) shouldFail(err error) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func isEmptyFeature(pickles []*messages.Pickle) bool {
-	for _, pickle := range pickles {
-		if len(pickle.Steps) > 0 {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
 func (s *suite) runPickle(pickle *messages.Pickle) (err error) {
 	ctx := s.defaultContext
 	if ctx == nil {

suite.go

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func TestScenarioContext_Step(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			Convey("has more than 2 return values", func() {
-				So(func() { ctx.Step(".*", nokLimitCase) }, ShouldPanicWith, fmt.Sprintf("expected handler to return either zero, one or two values, but it has: 3"))
-				So(func() { ctx.Step(".*", nokMore) }, ShouldPanicWith, fmt.Sprintf("expected handler to return either zero, one or two values, but it has: 5"))
+				So(func() { ctx.Step(".*", nokLimitCase) }, ShouldPanicWith, "expected handler to return either zero, one or two values, but it has: 3")
+				So(func() { ctx.Step(".*", nokMore) }, ShouldPanicWith, "expected handler to return either zero, one or two values, but it has: 5")
 			})
 
 			Convey("return type is not an error or string slice or void", func() {