.golangci.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 version: "2"
 
+# Config schema uses the golangci-lint v2 layout (settings live under
+# linters.settings, not top-level linters-settings) so that the
+# thresholds below are actually applied by golangci-lint >= v2.
+
 run:
   timeout: 5m
   modules-download-mode: readonly
@@ -14,8 +18,7 @@ linters:
     - wsl              # Deprecated, replaced by wsl_v5
     - wrapcheck        # Too verbose for internal packages
     - varnamelen       # Short names like db, id are idiomatic Go
-
+  settings:
-linters-settings:
     lll:
       line-length: 88
     funlen:
@@ -27,6 +30,5 @@ linters-settings:
       threshold: 100
 
 issues:
-  exclude-use-default: false
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0

TODO.md

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ fmt-check, and commit.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-07: Migrated the canonical `.golangci.yml` to the golangci-lint v2
+  config layout (settings under `linters.settings`, dropped
+  `exclude-use-default`).
 - 2026-03-20: Strengthened constructor naming and Params struct rules in the Go
   styleguide.
 - 2026-03-18: Documented fail-fast Dockerfile lint stage and conditional -v test