Merge PR #141: Upgrade golangci-lint to latest release (1.19.1)

contrib/devtools/Makefile

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ endif
 
 GOPATH ?= $(shell $(GO) env GOPATH)
 GITHUBDIR := $(GOPATH)$(FS)src$(FS)github.com
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v1.18.0
 GOLANGCI_LINT_HASHSUM := 8d21cc95da8d3daf8321ac40091456fc26123c964d7c2281d339d431f2f4c840
 
 ###
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ tools-stamp: $(RUNSIM)
 
 $(GOLANGCI_LINT): $(mkfile_dir)/install-golangci-lint.sh
 	@echo "Installing golangci-lint..."
-	@bash $(mkfile_dir)/install-golangci-lint.sh $(TOOLS_DESTDIR) $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION) $(GOLANGCI_LINT_HASHSUM)
+	@bash $(mkfile_dir)/install-golangci-lint.sh $(TOOLS_DESTDIR) $(GOLANGCI_LINT_HASHSUM)
 
 # Install the runsim binary with a temporary workaround of entering an outside
 # directory as the "go get" command ignores the -mod option and will polute the

contrib/devtools/install-golangci-lint.sh

@@ -2,19 +2,24 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+installer="$(mktemp)"
+trap "rm -f ${installer}" EXIT
+
+GOBIN="${1}"
+CURL="$(which curl)"
+HASHSUM="${2}"
+
 f_sha256() {
   local l_file
   l_file=$1
   python -sBc "import hashlib;print(hashlib.sha256(open('$l_file','rb').read()).hexdigest())"
 }
 
-installer="$(mktemp)"
-trap "rm -f ${installer}" EXIT
-
-GOBIN="${1}"
-VERSION="${2}"
-HASHSUM="${3}"
-CURL="$(which curl)"
+get_latest_release() {
+  "${CURL}" --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | \
+    grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'
+}
+VERSION="$(get_latest_release golangci/golangci-lint)"
 
 echo "Downloading golangci-lint ${VERSION} installer ..." >&2
 "${CURL}" -sfL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/${VERSION}/install.sh" > "${installer}"