Autofix capability of linters

[sahidvelji]

Some of the listed linters indicate autofix capability: https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters
However, linters like perfsprint, wsl, unconvert, testifylint, etc. also have autofix capabilities. Can these also be added to golangci-lint, or am I missing something?

[bombsimon]

This is related to #1779. The linters you're mentioning supports SuggestedFixes but golangci-lint has its own fix system that was built before it was a part of the analysis package.

The linked issue is a tracking issue to support this. There's currently no automatic way to support this without adding a separate fixer for golangci-lint so it would be better to add supprot for SuggestedFixes.

One reason it was postponed was because it wasn't stable and only a proposed api (old comment). It has since been removed and is now stable (current comment).