Fix #121, fix #186: remove --silent,-s flag: be silent by default

.golangci.example.yml

@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ run:
     - ".*\\.my\\.go$"
     - lib/bad.go
 
-  # whether to hide "congrats" message if no issues were found,
-  # default is false (show "congrats" message by default).
-  # set this option to true to print nothing if no issues were found.
-  silent: true
-
 
 # output configuration options
 output:

README.md

@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ Global Flags:
   -j, --concurrency int           Concurrency (default NumCPU) (default 8)
       --cpu-profile-path string   Path to CPU profile output file
       --mem-profile-path string   Path to memory profile output file
-  -s, --silent                    disables congrats outputs
   -v, --verbose                   verbose output
 
 ```
@@ -455,11 +454,6 @@ run:
     - ".*\\.my\\.go$"
     - lib/bad.go
 
-  # whether to hide "congrats" message if no issues were found,
-  # default is false (show "congrats" message by default).
-  # set this option to true to print nothing if no issues were found.
-  silent: true
-
 
 # output configuration options
 output:

pkg/commands/root.go

@@ -83,7 +83,18 @@ func (e *Executor) needVersionOption() bool {
 
 func initRootFlagSet(fs *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *config.Config, needVersionOption bool) {
 	fs.BoolVarP(&cfg.Run.IsVerbose, "verbose", "v", false, wh("verbose output"))
-	fs.BoolVarP(&cfg.Run.Silent, "silent", "s", false, wh("disables congrats outputs"))
+
+	var silent bool
+	fs.BoolVarP(&silent, "silent", "s", false, wh("disables congrats outputs"))
+	if err := fs.MarkHidden("silent"); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err := fs.MarkDeprecated("silent",
+		"now golangci-lint by default is silent: it doesn't print Congrats message")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.Run.CPUProfilePath, "cpu-profile-path", "", wh("Path to CPU profile output file"))
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.Run.MemProfilePath, "mem-profile-path", "", wh("Path to memory profile output file"))
 	fs.IntVarP(&cfg.Run.Concurrency, "concurrency", "j", getDefaultConcurrency(), wh("Concurrency (default NumCPU)"))

pkg/commands/run.go

@@ -313,11 +313,10 @@ func (e *Executor) createPrinter() (printers.Printer, error) {
 		p = printers.NewJSON(&e.reportData)
 	case config.OutFormatColoredLineNumber, config.OutFormatLineNumber:
 		p = printers.NewText(e.cfg.Output.PrintIssuedLine,
-			format == config.OutFormatColoredLineNumber, e.cfg.Output.PrintLinterName, e.cfg.Run.Silent,
+			format == config.OutFormatColoredLineNumber, e.cfg.Output.PrintLinterName,
 			e.log.Child("text_printer"))
 	case config.OutFormatTab:
-		p = printers.NewTab(e.cfg.Output.PrintLinterName, e.cfg.Run.Silent,
+		p = printers.NewTab(e.cfg.Output.PrintLinterName, e.log.Child("tab_printer"))
-			e.log.Child("tab_printer"))
 	case config.OutFormatCheckstyle:
 		p = printers.NewCheckstyle()
 	default:

pkg/printers/tab.go

@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ import (
 
 type Tab struct {
 	printLinterName bool
-	silent          bool
 	log             logutils.Log
 }
 
-func NewTab(printLinterName bool, silent bool, log logutils.Log) *Tab {
+func NewTab(printLinterName bool, log logutils.Log) *Tab {
 	return &Tab{
 		printLinterName: printLinterName,
-		silent:          silent,
 		log:             log,
 	}
 }
@@ -41,11 +39,6 @@ func (p *Tab) Print(ctx context.Context, issues <-chan result.Issue) (bool, erro
 
 	if issuesN != 0 {
 		p.log.Infof("Found %d issues", issuesN)
-	} else if ctx.Err() == nil { // don't print "congrats" if timeouted
-		if !p.silent {
-			outStr := p.SprintfColored(color.FgGreen, "Congrats! No issues were found.")
-			fmt.Fprintln(logutils.StdOut, outStr)
-		}
 	}
 
 	if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {

pkg/printers/text.go

@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ type Text struct {
 	printIssuedLine bool
 	useColors       bool
 	printLinterName bool
-	silent          bool
 
 	cache filesCache
 	log   logutils.Log
 }
 
-func NewText(printIssuedLine, useColors, printLinterName bool, silent bool, log logutils.Log) *Text {
+func NewText(printIssuedLine, useColors, printLinterName bool, log logutils.Log) *Text {
 	return &Text{
 		printIssuedLine: printIssuedLine,
 		useColors:       useColors,
 		printLinterName: printLinterName,
-		silent:          silent,
 		cache:           filesCache{},
 		log:             log,
 	}
@@ -92,11 +90,6 @@ func (p *Text) Print(ctx context.Context, issues <-chan result.Issue) (bool, err
 
 	if issuesN != 0 {
 		p.log.Infof("Found %d issues", issuesN)
-	} else if ctx.Err() == nil { // don't print "congrats" if timeouted
-		if !p.silent {
-			outStr := p.SprintfColored(color.FgGreen, "Congrats! No issues were found.")
-			fmt.Fprintln(logutils.StdOut, outStr)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return issuesN != 0, nil

test/run_test.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 var root = filepath.Join("..", "...")
 var installOnce sync.Once
 
-const noIssuesOut = "Congrats! No issues were found.\n"
+const noIssuesOut = ""
 
 func installBinary(t assert.TestingT) {
 	installOnce.Do(func() {
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func checkNoIssuesRun(t *testing.T, out string, exitCode int) {
 	assert.Equal(t, noIssuesOut, out)
 }
 
-func TestCongratsMessageGoneIfSilent(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNoCongratsMessage(t *testing.T) {
-	out, exitCode := runGolangciLint(t, "../...", "-s")
+	out, exitCode := runGolangciLint(t, "../...")
 	assert.Equal(t, exitcodes.Success, exitCode)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", out)
 }
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ func TestDeadline(t *testing.T) {
 	out, exitCode := runGolangciLint(t, "--deadline=1ms", root)
 	assert.Equal(t, exitcodes.Timeout, exitCode)
 	assert.Contains(t, out, "deadline exceeded: try increase it by passing --deadline option")
-	assert.NotContains(t, out, "Congrats! No issues were found.")
 }
 
 func runGolangciLint(t *testing.T, args ...string) (string, int) {