Error: "invalid version of the configuration" #5608
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How did you install golangci-lint?
go install
Description of the problem
I get an error about config version, but I cannot find any docs about it:
$ go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.0.0 run -v INFO golangci-lint has version v2.0.0 built with go1.24.1 from (unknown, modified: ?, mod sum: "h1:RQWk8VCuMQv9bBDy3x23yds2yf9aRZ86C9MWGIdNRuU=") on (unknown) INFO [config_reader] Config search paths: [./ /home/thockin/src/git-sync-v4 /home/thockin/src /home/thockin /home /] INFO [config_reader] Used config file .golangci.yaml INFO maxprocs: Leaving GOMAXPROCS=6: CPU quota undefined Error: invalid version of the configuration: "" Failed executing command with error: invalid version of the configuration: "" exit status 3 Version of golangci-lint
$ go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.0.0 --version golangci-lint has version v2.0.0 built with go1.24.1 from (unknown, modified: ?, mod sum: "h1:RQWk8VCuMQv9bBDy3x23yds2yf9aRZ86C9MWGIdNRuU=") on (unknown) Configuration
$ cat .golangci.yaml run: timeout: 30mGo environment
$ go version && go env go version go1.24.1 linux/amd64 AR='ar' CC='gcc' CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g' CGO_CPPFLAGS='' CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g' CGO_ENABLED='1' CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g' CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g' CXX='g++' GCCGO='gccgo' GO111MODULE='' GOAMD64='v1' GOARCH='amd64' GOAUTH='netrc' GOBIN='' GOCACHE='/home/thockin/.cache/go-build' GOCACHEPROG='' GODEBUG='' GOENV='/home/thockin/.config/go/env' GOEXE='' GOEXPERIMENT='' GOFIPS140='off' GOFLAGS='' GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -m64 -pthread -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build1274681100=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches' GOHOSTARCH='amd64' GOHOSTOS='linux' GOINSECURE='' GOMOD='/home/thockin/src/git-sync-v4/go.mod' GOMODCACHE='/home/thockin/go/pkg/mod' GONOPROXY='' GONOSUMDB='' GOOS='linux' GOPATH='/home/thockin/go' GOPRIVATE='' GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct' GOROOT='/usr/local/go1.24.1' GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org' GOTELEMETRY='local' GOTELEMETRYDIR='/home/thockin/.config/go/telemetry' GOTMPDIR='' GOTOOLCHAIN='auto' GOTOOLDIR='/usr/local/go1.24.1/pkg/tool/linux_amd64' GOVCS='' GOVERSION='go1.24.1' GOWORK='' PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config' Verbose output of running
$ go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.0.0 cache clean $ go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.0.0 run -v INFO golangci-lint has version v2.0.0 built with go1.24.1 from (unknown, modified: ?, mod sum: "h1:RQWk8VCuMQv9bBDy3x23yds2yf9aRZ86C9MWGIdNRuU=") on (unknown) INFO [config_reader] Config search paths: [./ /home/thockin/src/git-sync-v4 /home/thockin/src /home/thockin /home /] INFO [config_reader] Used config file .golangci.yaml INFO maxprocs: Leaving GOMAXPROCS=6: CPU quota undefined Error: invalid version of the configuration: "" Failed executing command with error: invalid version of the configuration: "" exit status 3 A minimal reproducible example or link to a public repository
Doesn't get this far
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- Yes, I've included all information above (version, config, etc.).
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