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+version: "2"
+checks:
+  # Go returns 'error's rather than throwing exceptions, so the safer the code the more errors are returned.
+  # To avoid deeply nested if-statements we generally use guard clauses as recommended by Martin Fowler.
+  # Guard statements are if-statements that, as early as possible, check conditions and return if failed. They improve readability
+  # over nested if-statements. This however leads to many return statements which can't be avoided, so we'll disable the max. exit points check.
+  return-statements:
+    enabled: false
+exclude_patterns:
+  - "**/generated.go"
+  - "**/test/**/*.go"
+  - "**/test.go"
+  - "**/*_test.go"
+  - "**/test*.go"
+  - "**/mock/**/*.go"
+  - "**/mock.go"
+  - "**/*_mock.go"
+  - "docs/**/*.go"
+  - "codegen/**/*.go"
+  - "**/*.pb.go"
+  - "e2e-tests/**/*.go"
+plugins:
+  gofmt:
+    enabled: true
+  govet:
+    enabled: true