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+" Author: neersighted <bjorn@neersighted.com>
+" Description: golint for Go files
+
+if exists('g:loaded_ale_linters_go_golint')
+    finish
+endif
+
+let g:loaded_ale_linters_go_golint = 1
+
+function! ale_linters#go#golint#Handle(buffer, lines)
+    " Matches patterns line the following:
+    "
+    " file1.go:53:10: if block ends with a return statement, so drop this else and outdent its block (move short variable declaration to its own line if necessary)
+    " file2.go:67:14: should omit type [][]byte from declaration of var matches; it will be inferred from the right-hand side
+    let l:pattern = '^.*:\(\d\+\):\(\d\+\): \(.\+\)$'
+    let l:output = []
+
+    for l:line in a:lines
+        let l:match = matchlist(l:line, l:pattern)
+
+        if len(l:match) == 0
+            continue
+        endif
+
+        " vcol is Needed to indicate that the column is a character.
+        call add(l:output, {
+        \   'bufnr': a:buffer,
+        \   'lnum': l:match[1] + 0,
+        \   'vcol': 0,
+        \   'col': l:match[2] + 0,
+        \   'text': l:match[3],
+        \   'type': 'W',
+        \   'nr': -1,
+        \})
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('go', {
+\   'name': 'golint',
+\   'executable': 'golint',
+\   'command': g:ale#util#stdin_wrapper . ' .go golint',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#go#golint#Handle',
+\})