fix #521: explain //nolint usage in README

README.md

@@ -883,20 +883,50 @@ service:
 False positives are inevitable, but we did our best to reduce their count. For example, we have a default enabled set of [exclude patterns](#command-line-options). If a false positive occurred you have the following choices:
 
 1. Exclude issue by text using command-line option `-e` or config option `issues.exclude`. It's helpful when you decided to ignore all issues of this type. Also, you can use `issues.exclude-rules` config option for per-path or per-linter configuration.
-2. Exclude this one issue by using special comment `//nolint[:linter1,linter2,...]` on issued line.
-   Comment `//nolint` disables all issues reporting on this line. Comment e.g. `//nolint:govet` disables only govet issues for this line.
-   If you would like to completely exclude all issues for some function prepend this comment
-   above function:
+2. Exclude this one issue by using special comment `//nolint` (see [the section](#nolint) below).
 3. Exclude issues in path by `run.skip-dirs`, `run.skip-files` or `issues.exclude-rules` config options.
 
+Please create [GitHub Issues here](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/new) if you find any false positives. We will add it to the default exclude list if it's common or we will fix underlying linter.
+
+### Nolint
+
+To exclude issues from all linters use `//nolint`. For example, if it's used inline (not from the beginning of the line) it excludes issues only for this line.
+
+```go
+var bad_name int //nolint
+```
+
+To exclude issues from specific linters only:
+
+```go
+var bad_name int //nolint:golint,unused
+```
+
+To exclude issues for the block of code use this directive on the beginning of a line:
+
 ```go
 //nolint
-func f() {
-  ...
+func allIssuesInThisFunctionAreExcluded() *string {
+	// ...
 }
+
+//nolint:govet
+var (
+	a int
+	b int
+)
 ```
 
-Please create [GitHub Issues here](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/new) if you find any false positives. We will add it to the default exclude list if it's common or we will fix underlying linter.
+Also, you can exclude all issues in a file by:
+
+```go
+//nolint: unparam
+package pkg
+```
+
+You can see more examples of using `//nolint` in [our tests](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/tree/master/pkg/result/processors/testdata) for it.
+
+Use `//nolint` instead of `// nolint` because machine-readable comments should have no space by Go convention.
 
 ## FAQ
 

README.tmpl.md

@@ -430,20 +430,50 @@ than the default and have more strict settings:
 False positives are inevitable, but we did our best to reduce their count. For example, we have a default enabled set of [exclude patterns](#command-line-options). If a false positive occurred you have the following choices:
 
 1. Exclude issue by text using command-line option `-e` or config option `issues.exclude`. It's helpful when you decided to ignore all issues of this type. Also, you can use `issues.exclude-rules` config option for per-path or per-linter configuration.
-2. Exclude this one issue by using special comment `//nolint[:linter1,linter2,...]` on issued line.
-   Comment `//nolint` disables all issues reporting on this line. Comment e.g. `//nolint:govet` disables only govet issues for this line.
-   If you would like to completely exclude all issues for some function prepend this comment
-   above function:
+2. Exclude this one issue by using special comment `//nolint` (see [the section](#nolint) below).
 3. Exclude issues in path by `run.skip-dirs`, `run.skip-files` or `issues.exclude-rules` config options.
 
+Please create [GitHub Issues here](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/new) if you find any false positives. We will add it to the default exclude list if it's common or we will fix underlying linter.
+
+### Nolint
+
+To exclude issues from all linters use `//nolint`. For example, if it's used inline (not from the beginning of the line) it excludes issues only for this line.
+
+```go
+var bad_name int //nolint
+```
+
+To exclude issues from specific linters only:
+
+```go
+var bad_name int //nolint:golint,unused
+```
+
+To exclude issues for the block of code use this directive on the beginning of a line:
+
 ```go
 //nolint
-func f() {
-  ...
+func allIssuesInThisFunctionAreExcluded() *string {
+	// ...
 }
+
+//nolint:govet
+var (
+	a int
+	b int
+)
 ```
 
-Please create [GitHub Issues here](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/new) if you find any false positives. We will add it to the default exclude list if it's common or we will fix underlying linter.
+Also, you can exclude all issues in a file by:
+
+```go
+//nolint: unparam
+package pkg
+```
+
+You can see more examples of using `//nolint` in [our tests](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/tree/master/pkg/result/processors/testdata) for it.
+
+Use `//nolint` instead of `// nolint` because machine-readable comments should have no space by Go convention.
 
 ## FAQ
 

pkg/result/processors/nolint_test.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func newTestNolintProcessor(log logutils.Log) *Nolint {
 		filepath.Join("testdata", "nolint.go"),
 		filepath.Join("testdata", "nolint2.go"),
 		filepath.Join("testdata", "nolint_bad_names.go"),
+		filepath.Join("testdata", "nolint_whole_file.go"),
 	)
 	return NewNolint(cache, log, lintersdb.NewManager(nil))
 }
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ func TestNolint(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 15; i <= 18; i++ {
 		processAssertSame(t, p, newNolint2FileIssue(i))
 	}
+
+	// variables block exclude
+	for i := 55; i <= 56; i++ {
+		processAssertSame(t, p, newNolint2FileIssue(i))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestNolintInvalidLinterName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -226,3 +232,25 @@ func TestIgnoredRangeMatches(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, testcase.expected, ir.doesMatch(&testcase.issue), testcase.doc)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNolintWholeFile(t *testing.T) {
+	fileName := filepath.Join("testdata", "nolint_whole_file.go")
+
+	p := newTestNolintProcessor(nil)
+	defer p.Finish()
+
+	processAssertEmpty(t, p, result.Issue{
+		Pos: token.Position{
+			Filename: fileName,
+			Line:     4,
+		},
+		FromLinter: "unparam",
+	})
+	processAssertSame(t, p, result.Issue{
+		Pos: token.Position{
+			Filename: fileName,
+			Line:     4,
+		},
+		FromLinter: "deadcode",
+	})
+}

pkg/result/processors/testdata/nolint.go

@@ -49,3 +49,9 @@ var nolintAliasGAS bool //nolint:gas
 var nolintAliasGosec bool //nolint:gosec
 
 var nolintAliasUpperCase int // nolint: GAS
+
+//nolint:errcheck
+var (
+	nolintVarBlockVar1 int
+	nolintVarBlockVar2 int
+)

pkg/result/processors/testdata/nolint_whole_file.go

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//nolint: unparam
+package testdata
+
+var nolintUnparam int