golangci-lint workflow (google/trillian)

The golangci-lint workflow from google/trillian, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the golangci-lint workflow from the google/trillian repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: golangci-lint

on:
  push:
  pull_request:

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  golangci:
    name: lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod
      - name: golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@ba0d7d2ec06a0ea1cb5fa41b2e4a3ab91d21278a # v9.3.0
        with:
          version: v2.10.1
          args: --timeout=8m

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: golangci-lint
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  golangci:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: lint
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod
      - name: golangci-lint
        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@ba0d7d2ec06a0ea1cb5fa41b2e4a3ab91d21278a # v9.3.0
        with:
          version: v2.10.1
          args: --timeout=8m
 

What changed

• Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow