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/[email protected] 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/[email protected] --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/[email protected] cache clean
$ go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/[email protected] 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
Validation
- Yes, I've included all information above (version, config, etc.).
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