chore: duplicate linter structure to avoid side-effect of the serialization

Author: ldez

Diff for: pkg/lint/linter/config.go

@@ -28,28 +28,28 @@ const (
 const LastLinter = "nolintlint"
 
 type Deprecation struct {
-	Since       string `json:"since,omitempty"`
-	Message     string `json:"message,omitempty"`
-	Replacement string `json:"replacement,omitempty"`
+	Since       string
+	Message     string
+	Replacement string
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	Linter           Linter `json:"-"`
-	EnabledByDefault bool   `json:"enabledByDefault,omitempty"`
+	Linter           Linter
+	EnabledByDefault bool
 
-	LoadMode packages.LoadMode `json:"loadMode,omitempty"`
+	LoadMode packages.LoadMode
 
-	InPresets        []string `json:"inPresets,omitempty"`
-	AlternativeNames []string `json:"alternativeNames,omitempty"`
+	InPresets        []string
+	AlternativeNames []string
 
-	OriginalURL     string `json:"originalURL,omitempty"` // URL of original (not forked) repo, needed for autogenerated README
-	Internal        bool   `json:"internal"`              // Internal linters cannot be disabled (ex: typecheck).
-	CanAutoFix      bool   `json:"canAutoFix,omitempty"`
-	IsSlow          bool   `json:"isSlow"`
-	DoesChangeTypes bool   `json:"doesChangeTypes,omitempty"`
+	OriginalURL     string // URL of original (not forked) repo, needed for autogenerated README
+	Internal        bool   // Internal linters cannot be disabled (ex: typecheck).
+	CanAutoFix      bool
+	IsSlow          bool
+	DoesChangeTypes bool
 
-	Since       string       `json:"since,omitempty"`
-	Deprecation *Deprecation `json:"deprecation,omitempty"`
+	Since       string
+	Deprecation *Deprecation
 }
 
 func (lc *Config) WithEnabledByDefault() *Config {

Diff for: scripts/website/dump_info/main.go

@@ -19,7 +19,30 @@ func main() {
 
 	var wraps []types.LinterWrapper
 	for _, l := range linters {
-		wraps = append(wraps, types.LinterWrapper{Config: l, Name: l.Linter.Name(), Desc: l.Linter.Desc()})
+		wrapper := types.LinterWrapper{
+			Name:             l.Linter.Name(),
+			Desc:             l.Linter.Desc(),
+			EnabledByDefault: l.EnabledByDefault,
+			LoadMode:         l.LoadMode,
+			InPresets:        l.InPresets,
+			AlternativeNames: l.AlternativeNames,
+			OriginalURL:      l.OriginalURL,
+			Internal:         l.Internal,
+			CanAutoFix:       l.CanAutoFix,
+			IsSlow:           l.IsSlow,
+			DoesChangeTypes:  l.DoesChangeTypes,
+			Since:            l.Since,
+		}
+
+		if l.Deprecation != nil {
+			wrapper.Deprecation = &types.Deprecation{
+				Since:       l.Deprecation.Since,
+				Message:     l.Deprecation.Message,
+				Replacement: l.Deprecation.Replacement,
+			}
+		}
+
+		wraps = append(wraps, wrapper)
 	}
 
 	err := saveToJSONFile(filepath.Join("assets", "linters-info.json"), wraps)

Diff for: scripts/website/expand_templates/linters.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func getName(lc *types.LinterWrapper) string {
 		name = fmt.Sprintf("%s [%s](#%s)", name, spanWithID(listItemPrefix+lc.Name, "Configuration", "⚙️"), lc.Name)
 	}
 
-	if !lc.IsDeprecated() {
+	if lc.Deprecation == nil {
 		return name
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func check(b bool, title string) string {
 
 func getDesc(lc *types.LinterWrapper) string {
 	desc := lc.Desc
-	if lc.IsDeprecated() {
+	if lc.Deprecation == nil {
 		desc = lc.Deprecation.Message
 		if lc.Deprecation.Replacement != "" {
 			desc += fmt.Sprintf(" Replaced by %s.", lc.Deprecation.Replacement)

Diff for: scripts/website/types/types.go

@@ -1,16 +1,41 @@
 package types
 
-import "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/lint/linter"
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
+)
 
 type CLIHelp struct {
 	Enable  string `json:"enable"`
 	Disable string `json:"disable"`
 	Help    string `json:"help"`
 }
 
+type Deprecation struct {
+	Since       string `json:"since,omitempty"`
+	Message     string `json:"message,omitempty"`
+	Replacement string `json:"replacement,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// LinterWrapper same fields but with struct tags.
+// The field Name and Desc are added to have the information about the linter.
+// The field Linter is removed (not serializable).
 type LinterWrapper struct {
-	*linter.Config
+	Name string `json:"name"` // From linter.
+	Desc string `json:"desc"` // From linter.
+
+	EnabledByDefault bool `json:"enabledByDefault,omitempty"`
+
+	LoadMode packages.LoadMode `json:"loadMode,omitempty"`
+
+	InPresets        []string `json:"inPresets,omitempty"`
+	AlternativeNames []string `json:"alternativeNames,omitempty"`
+
+	OriginalURL     string `json:"originalURL,omitempty"` // URL of original (not forked) repo, needed for autogenerated README
+	Internal        bool   `json:"internal"`              // Internal linters cannot be disabled (ex: typecheck).
+	CanAutoFix      bool   `json:"canAutoFix,omitempty"`
+	IsSlow          bool   `json:"isSlow"`
+	DoesChangeTypes bool   `json:"doesChangeTypes,omitempty"`
 
-	Name string `json:"name"`
-	Desc string `json:"desc"`
+	Since       string       `json:"since,omitempty"`
+	Deprecation *Deprecation `json:"deprecation,omitempty"`
 }