Fix the linter

[lukaszgryglicki]

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Gryglicki lgryglicki@cncf.io

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Walkthrough

This PR applies two independent maintenance updates: pinning golangci-lint to Go 1.24 in the linting configuration and refactoring the GetReturnURL function to eliminate variable shadowing by reusing the existing err variable in validation branches.

Changes

Maintenance and cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Golangci-lint Go version pinning cla-backend-go/.golangci.yaml	Golangci-lint configuration updated to pin linting to Go version 1.24 via the run.go setting.
Variable shadowing fix in GetReturnURL cla-backend-go/github/github_repository.go	GetReturnURL refactored to reuse the existing err variable instead of redeclaring it in validation branches for missing/invalid repository metadata, eliminating variable shadowing.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 3

❌ Failed checks (1 warning, 2 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title 'Fix the linter' is vague and generic, lacking specific detail about what linter issue was fixed or how it was addressed.	Provide a more specific title that describes the actual changes, such as 'Pin golangci-lint to Go 1.24 and fix variable shadowing' to clearly convey the main fixes.
Description check	❓ Inconclusive	The description only contains sign-off information and tool attribution without explaining any details about the changeset itself.	Add a meaningful description explaining the changes made, such as the linter version update and the variable shadowing fixes in the codebase.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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✨ Finishing Touches

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Warning

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🔧 golangci-lint (2.12.2)

level=error msg="[linters_context] typechecking error: pattern ./...: directory prefix . does not contain main module or its selected dependencies"

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Pull request overview

This PR makes small linter-related updates in cla-backend-go, adjusting error assignment in GetReturnURL and pinning the Go version used by golangci-lint.

Changes:

• Reuses the existing err variable in two repository metadata validation branches.
• Adds run.go: "1.24" to the golangci-lint configuration.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
cla-backend-go/github/github_repository.go	Updates two err assignments in GetReturnURL to avoid shadowing.
cla-backend-go/.golangci.yaml	Sets the Go version used by golangci-lint analysis.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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Inline comments:
In `@cla-backend-go/.golangci.yaml`:
- Line 7: Update the golangci-lint run configuration so it matches the project's
go.mod Go version: change the run.go value currently set to "1.24" in the
.golangci.yaml to "1.25" (or remove the run.go override entirely to let
golangci-lint auto-detect from go.mod); look for the "run: go:" key in the YAML
and adjust it to align with the project's go.mod/toolchain Go 1.25 settings.

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Fix all unresolved CodeRabbit comments on this PR:

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• cla-backend-go/.golangci.yaml
• cla-backend-go/github/github_repository.go