feature request: warn on //nolint:typecheck

[vegerot]

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Your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

I spent twenty minutes today trying to figure out why //nolint:typecheck was being ignored in my project. I was about to report an issue for //nolint:typecheck being ignored, when I read the FAQ and saw that this was the intended behavior.

I wish I hadn't wasted twenty minutes figuring out what was wrong.

Describe the solution you'd like

When encountering a //nolint:typecheck golangci-lint should emit a warning saying this directive will be ignored and link to the FAQ.

Describe alternatives you've considered

We could also emit an error when using //nolint:typecheck, but that sounds too extreme

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[boring-cyborg]

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[vegerot]

extra credit:

When reporting a typecheck error, if the line has //nolint:all, we should provide an extra warning saying "I see you put //nolint:all here, but this is ignored because of "

[ldez]

Hello,

To be able to detect the directives, we need to analyze the code, but as typecheck errors block the analysis, it's impossible to detect the directives.

So I understand the issue but there is no solution.

FYI, I recently added a new question/answer inside the FAQ: https://golangci-lint.run/welcome/faq/#why-is-it-not-possible-to-skipignore-typecheck-errors