Improve 'no such linter' error message (#1244)

denis-tingaikin · web-flow · commit 21ee78cf6290 · 2020-07-17T06:48:05.000Z
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/validator.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (v Validator) validateLintersNames(cfg *config.Linters) error {
 	allNames = append(allNames, cfg.Disable...)
 	for _, name := range allNames {
 		if v.m.GetLinterConfigs(name) == nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no such linter %q", name)
+			return fmt.Errorf("no such linter %v, run 'golangci-lint linters' to see the list of supported linters", name)
 		}
 	}
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (v Validator) validateLintersNames(cfg *config.Linters) error {`
`22`	`22`	`allNames = append(allNames, cfg.Disable...)`
`23`	`23`	`for _, name := range allNames {`
`24`	`24`	`if v.m.GetLinterConfigs(name) == nil {`
`25`		`- return fmt.Errorf("no such linter %q", name)`
	`25`	`+ return fmt.Errorf("no such linter %v, run 'golangci-lint linters' to see the list of supported linters", name)`
`26`	`26`	`}`
`27`	`27`	`}`
`28`	`28`