fix: refactor the configuration loading and parsing system

It's only a first step, must be rewrite in the future.

Author: ldez

.golangci.reference.yml

@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ linters-settings:
   makezero:
     # Allow only slices initialized with a length of zero.
     # Default: false
-    always: false
+    always: true
 
   maligned:
     # Print struct with more effective memory layout or not.

pkg/commands/executor.go

@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ func NewExecutor(version, commit, date string) *Executor {
 	// recreate after getting config
 	e.DBManager = lintersdb.NewManager(e.cfg, e.log).WithCustomLinters()
 
-	e.cfg.LintersSettings.Gocritic.InferEnabledChecks(e.log)
-	if err = e.cfg.LintersSettings.Gocritic.Validate(e.log); err != nil {
-		e.log.Fatalf("Invalid gocritic settings: %s", err)
-	}
-
 	// Slice options must be explicitly set for proper merging of config and command-line options.
 	fixSlicesFlags(e.runCmd.Flags())
 	fixSlicesFlags(e.lintersCmd.Flags())

pkg/config/linters_settings.go

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	Gocognit: GocognitSettings{
 		MinComplexity: 30,
 	},
-	Gocritic: GocriticSettings{
-		SettingsPerCheck: map[string]GocriticCheckSettings{},
+	Gocritic: GoCriticSettings{
+		SettingsPerCheck: map[string]GoCriticCheckSettings{},
 	},
 	Godox: GodoxSettings{
 		Keywords: []string{},
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ type LintersSettings struct {
 	Gci              GciSettings
 	Gocognit         GocognitSettings
 	Goconst          GoConstSettings
-	Gocritic         GocriticSettings
+	Gocritic         GoCriticSettings
 	Gocyclo          GoCycloSettings
 	Godot            GodotSettings
 	Godox            GodoxSettings
@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ type GoConstSettings struct {
 	IgnoreCalls         bool `mapstructure:"ignore-calls"`
 }
 
+type GoCriticSettings struct {
+	EnabledChecks    []string                         `mapstructure:"enabled-checks"`
+	DisabledChecks   []string                         `mapstructure:"disabled-checks"`
+	EnabledTags      []string                         `mapstructure:"enabled-tags"`
+	DisabledTags     []string                         `mapstructure:"disabled-tags"`
+	SettingsPerCheck map[string]GoCriticCheckSettings `mapstructure:"settings"`
+}
+
+type GoCriticCheckSettings map[string]interface{}
+
 type GoCycloSettings struct {
 	MinComplexity int `mapstructure:"min-complexity"`
 }