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+**NOTE:** Golint is [deprecated and frozen](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38968).
+There's no drop-in replacement for it, but tools such as [Staticcheck](https://staticcheck.io/)
+and `go vet` should be used instead.
+
 Golint is a linter for Go source code.
 
 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/golang.org/x/lint.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/lint)