Modify .codeclimate.yml for improved analysis #5893
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Updated Code Climate configuration for Go with enhanced settings for engines and ratings.
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📚 Learning: 2025-10-08T00:38:13.132Z
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PR: avelino/awesome-go#0
File: AGENTS.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2025-10-08T00:38:13.132Z
Learning: Applies to **/*.go : Use standard formatting (gofmt) and idiomatic Go style
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.codeclimate.yml
| version: 2 | ||
| engines: | ||
| golint: | ||
| enabled: true | ||
| config: | ||
| min_confidence: 0.8 # Ignore very low-confidence style warnings | ||
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| gofmt: | ||
| enabled: true | ||
| config: | ||
| simplify: true # Automatically check for code simplifications | ||
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| govet: | ||
| enabled: true | ||
| config: | ||
| check_shadowing: true # Detect variable shadowing for cleaner logic | ||
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| duplication: | ||
| enabled: true | ||
| config: | ||
| languages: | ||
| - go | ||
| go: | ||
| threshold: 40 # Minimum token threshold before flagging duplication | ||
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| ratings: | ||
| paths: | ||
| - "**.go" | ||
| - "**/*.go" | ||
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| exclude_paths: | ||
| - "vendor/**" # Ignore dependencies | ||
| - "testdata/**" # Ignore test data | ||
| - "mocks/**" # Ignore generated mocks |
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Configuration format is incompatible with CodeClimate v2 API.
CodeClimate v2 uses checks and plugins sections, along with exclude_patterns at the root level, not the engines block. Additionally, exclusions should use exclude_patterns key, not exclude_paths.
The file declares version: 2 but uses the v1 API structure, which will likely cause CodeClimate to reject this configuration.
Apply this diff to align with CodeClimate v2 API:
- version: 2
+ version: "2"
- engines:
- golint:
- enabled: true
- config:
- min_confidence: 0.8 # Ignore very low-confidence style warnings
-
- gofmt:
- enabled: true
- config:
- simplify: true # Automatically check for code simplifications
-
- govet:
- enabled: true
- config:
- check_shadowing: true # Detect variable shadowing for cleaner logic
-
- duplication:
- enabled: true
- config:
- languages:
- go:
- threshold: 40 # Minimum token threshold before flagging duplication
-
- ratings:
- paths:
- - "**/*.go"
-
- exclude_paths:
- - "vendor/**" # Ignore dependencies
- - "testdata/**" # Ignore test data
- - "mocks/**" # Ignore generated mocks
+ checks:
+ # Built-in maintainability checks enabled by default
+ similar-code:
+ enabled: true
+ config:
+ threshold: 40 # Go-specific duplication threshold
+ identical-code:
+ enabled: true
+
+ plugins:
+ golangci-lint: # Modern Go linting solution
+ enabled: true
+
+ exclude_patterns:
+ - "vendor/" # Ignore dependencies
+ - "**/testdata/" # Ignore test data
+ - "**/mocks/" # Ignore generated mocksNote: golint is available as a CodeClimate plugin, and govet is also available, but consider using golangci-lint (shown in the diff) for comprehensive Go linting.
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🌐 Web query:
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CodeClimate v2 configuration format engines checks plugins
💡 Result:
Summary — Code Climate analysis config (version 2)
- Top-level: version: "2". Main sections: prepare (fetch), checks, plugins, exclude_patterns. [1]
- checks: configure built-in maintainability checks (all enabled by default). Each check entry: enabled: true|false and optional config: { ... } to tune thresholds. Example:
checks:
complex-logic:
enabled: true
config:
threshold: 50. [1] - plugins: (previously called engines) enable/disable third‑party/analyzer plugins and choose channels/versions. Each plugin entry supports enabled: true|false, channel: (stable default), and config: { ... }. Example:
plugins:
eslint:
enabled: true
channel: "eslint-6" . [1] - exclude_patterns: glob/regex patterns to exclude files/directories from analysis; if no file is committed Code Climate uses built-in defaults (node_modules, test directories, vendor, etc.). Exclusions can be global or plugin‑level (not per-check). [1][2]
- Notes: version 2 replaced older syntax — engines → plugins, exclude_paths → exclude_patterns, ratings deprecated; include .codeclimate.yml (or .json) at repo root. [1]
Sources:
[1] Code Climate — Advanced configuration (analysis config structure, checks, plugins).
[2] Code Climate — Excluding files and folders (default exclude patterns).
🌐 Web query:
CodeClimate exclude_patterns exclude_paths v2 configuration
💡 Result:
Short answer
- In Code Climate config version: "2" use the top-level key exclude_patterns (not the old exclude_paths). Patterns are shell-style globs (relative to repo root), may be quoted, and may be negated with a leading "!".
- You can also set exclude_patterns under a specific plugin to exclude paths only for that plugin (these are applied in addition to the global excludes).
Example (.codeclimate.yml):
version: "2"
exclude_patterns:
- "tests/"
- "**/vendor/"
- "!lib/keep_this.rb"
plugins:
rubocop:
enabled: true
exclude_patterns:- "vendor/"
Sources
- Code Climate — Advanced configuration (notes that exclude_paths was renamed to exclude_patterns in v2). [1]
- Code Climate — Excluding files and folders (pattern format, negation, plugin-level excludes, examples). [2]
🌐 Web query:
CodeClimate golint gofmt govet v2 supported engines
💡 Result:
Yes — Code Climate's engines include gofmt, golint, and govet (they are official Go engines). Note: the golint plugin is marked deprecated/unmaintained in the docs. [1][2][3][4]
Sources:
- Code Climate engines list. [1]
- golint engine docs (deprecated). [2]
- gofmt engine docs. [3]
- govet engine docs. [4]
Configuration format is incompatible with CodeClimate v2 API.
CodeClimate v2 uses checks and plugins sections, along with exclude_patterns at the root level. The file declares version: 2 but uses engines (v1 format) and exclude_paths (v1 key). In v2, engines were renamed to plugins and exclude_paths was renamed to exclude_patterns, so this configuration will not work as intended.
Additionally, the golint plugin is marked deprecated/unmaintained, so consider replacing it with golangci-lint for comprehensive Go linting.
Update the configuration structure to use plugins and exclude_patterns as shown in the original review comment's diff.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In .codeclimate.yml around lines 1 to 32, the config uses the v1 keys `engines`
and `exclude_paths` which are incompatible with CodeClimate v2; update the file
to use `plugins` (replace each engine with the corresponding plugin entry,
replacing deprecated golint with golangci-lint) and rename `exclude_paths` to
`exclude_patterns` at the root, and ensure the new structure includes
appropriate plugin configs and any threshold/settings previously present so
CodeClimate v2 recognizes and runs the Go checks.
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Updated Code Climate configuration for Go with enhanced settings for engines and ratings.
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