ci(lint): shard golangci-lint across 8 LOC-balanced matrix jobs by agbishop · Pull Request #2530 · BlackbirdWorks/gopherstack

agbishop · 2026-11-12T04:55:58Z

Why

Full-repo golangci-lint run ./... takes 30-45 min on the free ubuntu-latest runner and needs a 16G swapfile; large-diff changed-package lint takes 35-50 min.

Local measurement (GOMAXPROCS=4, --concurrency 4, cold lint cache):

Config	Packages	Wall	Peak RSS
full `./...`	all	9:06	9.1 GB
1/4 shard	93	2:46	8.3 GB
1/8 shard	45	1:45	8.2 GB
1/8 shard holding `internal/app`	55	6:50	9.4 GB
`internal/app` alone	1	6:41	8.5 GB

Peak RSS is a floor set by the shared import closure and does not shrink with package count. GOGC, GOMEMLIMIT and --concurrency 1 moved it by 5-15% only. Sharding therefore buys wall time, not memory.

What

scripts/lint-shard.sh: deterministic LOC-weighted (LPT) split of go list ./... computed at runtime, so new packages are picked up automatically. check <n> fails if the shards do not cover every package exactly once. Current balance: 55-57 packages and ~631k LOC per shard.
scripts/lint-changed.sh: new --list and --only FILE flags so each shard lints only the changed packages it owns. Behaviour without the flags is unchanged.
ci.yml: the lint job becomes an 8-way lint-shard matrix plus a lint aggregator, which keeps the required check name and fails unless every shard succeeds.
Full lint runs under the previous conditions, and now also when ci.yml, lint-shard.sh or lint-changed.sh change, so this PR exercises the full sharded path.
Each shard writes package count, wall time and peak RSS to the job summary.

Not done

The 16G swapfile stays as a safety net until the job summaries show real-runner peak RSS.
No golangci-lint cache: this workflow never runs on main, so a base-branch cache would never be populated.
A split by linter group was not tested.

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CI
- Linting now runs in parallel, with checks focused on changed packages when appropriate. Changes to lint configuration or CI infrastructure still trigger full linting.
- Lint results are combined into a single check, which fails if any shard fails.
Documentation
- Updated the CI guide to reflect the revised linting workflow.

Full-repo lint took 30-45 min on a free runner and large-diff changed lint 35-50 min. Peak RSS is a ~8-9 GB floor set by the shared import closure, so sharding buys wall time rather than memory. - scripts/lint-shard.sh: deterministic LPT split of `go list ./...` by Go LOC; `check` fails if the shards do not cover every package. - scripts/lint-changed.sh: --list and --only so a shard lints only the changed packages it owns; default behaviour unchanged. - ci.yml: lint-shard matrix plus a `lint` aggregator that keeps the required check name. Lint infrastructure changes force a full lint. Each shard reports wall time and peak RSS to the job summary. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>

coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T04:56:24Z

Walkthrough

CI linting now runs across eight LOC-balanced package shards. The workflow selects changed-package lint or full lint based on the comparison and changed files, then aggregates shard results.

Changes: Lint Sharding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Package assignment and lint selection `scripts/lint-shard.sh`, `scripts/lint-changed.sh`	`lint-shard.sh` assigns packages by source-line counts and provides commands to list a shard or check package coverage. `lint-changed.sh` adds list-only output and an option to restrict detected packages to a supplied file.
CI shard execution and aggregation `.github/workflows/ci.yml`, `.claude/skills/gopherstack-gates/SKILL.md`	The workflow runs eight shard jobs, selects changed-package or full lint, records shard results, and aggregates their status. The CI description documents the shard flow.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Other

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  participant CI as GitHub Actions
  participant Shard as lint-shard.sh
  participant Changed as lint-changed.sh
  participant Lint as golangci-lint
  participant Aggregate as lint job
  CI->>Shard: List packages for shard
  Shard-->>CI: Return shard package list
  CI->>Changed: Run changed-package or full lint
  Changed->>Lint: Lint selected packages
  Lint-->>CI: Return lint status
  CI->>Aggregate: Provide shard results
  Aggregate-->>CI: Report aggregate status

Merge Risk: Low · up to 39983

Linting in CI should behave as intended. A local run of the new --only option under a non-C locale could skip some packages, so setting the locale on that one command is a small follow-up.

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The title states the primary change: golangci-lint is split into eight LOC-balanced matrix jobs in CI. The changeset matches this. The ci.yml change replaces the single lint job with eight lint-shard jobs, and lint-shard.sh performs the LOC-balanced split. The title uses the conventional-commit form and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history. It does not mention the supporting changes to lint-changed.sh, but it does not need to cover every detail.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T05:02:23Z

 IFS=$'\n' sorted_patterns=($(sort <<<"${patterns[*]}")); unset IFS

+if [[ -n "$ONLY_FILE" ]]; then
+  mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE"))


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Set LC_ALL=C on comm as well.

Both inputs to comm are sorted with LC_ALL=C, but comm itself runs under the caller's locale. comm compares lines using that locale's collation. In a non-C locale, such as en_US.UTF-8, paths with mixed case or punctuation can sort differently from the C order used for the inputs. comm can then miss matching packages or report that its input is unsorted. CI runners with a C-family locale are not affected.

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--- "a/scripts/lint-changed.sh" +++ "b/scripts/lint-changed.sh" @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ IFS=$'\n' sorted_patterns=($(sort <<<"${patterns[*]}")); unset IFS if [[ -n "$ONLY_FILE" ]]; then - mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE")) + mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(LC_ALL=C comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE")) if [[ ${#sorted_patterns[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then [[ "$LIST_ONLY" -eq 1 ]] || echo "lint-changed: no changed package falls in --only set -- nothing to check." exit 0

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mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE"))

mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(LC_ALL=C comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" | LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE"))

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agbishop · 2026-11-12T05:59:14Z

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	mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" \| LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE"))
	mapfile -t sorted_patterns < <(LC_ALL=C comm -12 <(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_patterns[@]}" \| LC_ALL=C sort -u) <(LC_ALL=C sort -u "$ONLY_FILE"))

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