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+linters:
+  # Disable all linters.
+  # Default: false
+  disable-all: true
+  # Enable specific linter
+  # https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/#enabled-by-default
+  enable:
+    #- errcheck
+    - gosimple
+    #- govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - staticcheck
+    - unused
+issues:
+  exclude-dirs-use-default: false  # recommended by docs https://golangci-lint.run/usage/false-positives/
+  exclude:
+    - "SA1019: tfexec.State is deprecated: The -state CLI flag is a legacy flag and should not be used. If you need a different state file for every run, you can instead use the local backend. See https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/25920#issuecomment-676560799"
+    - "SA1012: do not pass a nil Context, even if a function permits it; pass context.TODO if you are unsure about which Context to use"