From dc2a2fc206f0d8248b7a6bc732859c0b81de80d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: naveensrinivasan <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 09:15:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] :warning: Removing the confidence field from `CheckResult`
 struct

- Removing the confidence field from `CheckResult` struct
- https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/issues/1393

Signed-off-by: naveensrinivasan <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 checker/check_result.go | 19 +++++++------------
 cron/format/json.go     |  3 +--
 pkg/json.go             |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/checker/check_result.go b/checker/check_result.go
index e73a9aea0cd4..38ad83817696 100644
--- a/checker/check_result.go
+++ b/checker/check_result.go
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ const (
 // nolint:govet
 type CheckResult struct {
 	// TODO(#1393): Remove old structure after deprecation.
-	Name       string
-	Details    []string
-	Confidence int
-	Pass       bool
+	Name    string
+	Details []string
+	Pass    bool
 
 	// UPGRADEv2: New structure. Omitting unchanged Name field
 	// for simplicity.
@@ -173,8 +172,7 @@ func CreateResultWithScore(name, reason string, score int) CheckResult {
 	return CheckResult{
 		Name: name,
 		// Old structure.
-		Confidence: MaxResultScore,
-		Pass:       pass,
+		Pass: pass,
 		// New structure.
 		Version: 2,
 		Error:   nil,
@@ -197,8 +195,7 @@ func CreateProportionalScoreResult(name, reason string, b, t int) CheckResult {
 	return CheckResult{
 		Name: name,
 		// Old structure.
-		Confidence: MaxResultConfidence,
-		Pass:       pass,
+		Pass: pass,
 		// New structure.
 		Version: 2,
 		Error:   nil,
@@ -228,8 +225,7 @@ func CreateInconclusiveResult(name, reason string) CheckResult {
 	return CheckResult{
 		Name: name,
 		// Old structure.
-		Confidence: 0,
-		Pass:       false,
+		Pass: false,
 		// New structure.
 		Version: 2,
 		Score:   InconclusiveResultScore,
@@ -242,8 +238,7 @@ func CreateRuntimeErrorResult(name string, e error) CheckResult {
 	return CheckResult{
 		Name: name,
 		// Old structure.
-		Confidence: 0,
-		Pass:       false,
+		Pass: false,
 		// New structure.
 		Version: 2,
 		Error:   e,
diff --git a/cron/format/json.go b/cron/format/json.go
index b994a192fa46..fb42cc16bc69 100644
--- a/cron/format/json.go
+++ b/cron/format/json.go
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ func AsJSON(r *pkg.ScorecardResult, showDetails bool, logLevel log.Level, writer
 	//nolint
 	for _, checkResult := range r.Checks {
 		tmpResult := jsonCheckResult{
-			Name:       checkResult.Name,
-			Confidence: checkResult.Confidence,
+			Name: checkResult.Name,
 		}
 		if showDetails {
 			for i := range checkResult.Details2 {
diff --git a/pkg/json.go b/pkg/json.go
index 73042f219b37..57004b16667b 100644
--- a/pkg/json.go
+++ b/pkg/json.go
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ func (r *ScorecardResult) AsJSON(showDetails bool, logLevel log.Level, writer io
 	//nolint
 	for _, checkResult := range r.Checks {
 		tmpResult := jsonCheckResult{
-			Name:       checkResult.Name,
-			Confidence: checkResult.Confidence,
+			Name: checkResult.Name,
 		}
 		if showDetails {
 			for i := range checkResult.Details2 {