unused: remove exported-is-used option (#4890)

Author: ldez

jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json

@@ -3233,11 +3233,6 @@
               "type": "boolean",
               "default": false
             },
-            "exported-is-used": {
-              "description": "",
-              "type": "boolean",
-              "default": true
-            },
             "exported-fields-are-used": {
               "description": "",
               "type": "boolean",

pkg/config/linters_settings.go

@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ type UnparamSettings struct {
 type UnusedSettings struct {
 	FieldWritesAreUses     bool `mapstructure:"field-writes-are-uses"`
 	PostStatementsAreReads bool `mapstructure:"post-statements-are-reads"`
-	ExportedIsUsed         bool `mapstructure:"exported-is-used"`
+	ExportedIsUsed         bool `mapstructure:"exported-is-used"` // Deprecated
 	ExportedFieldsAreUsed  bool `mapstructure:"exported-fields-are-used"`
 	ParametersAreUsed      bool `mapstructure:"parameters-are-used"`
 	LocalVariablesAreUsed  bool `mapstructure:"local-variables-are-used"`

pkg/config/loader.go

@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ func (l *Loader) handleLinterOptionDeprecations() {
 		l.log.Warnf("The configuration option `linters.stylecheck.go` is deprecated, please use global `run.go`.")
 	}
 
+	// Deprecated since v1.60.0
+	if !l.cfg.LintersSettings.Unused.ExportedIsUsed {
+		l.log.Warnf("The configuration option `linters.unused.exported-is-used` is deprecated.")
+	}
+
 	// Deprecated since v1.58.0
 	if l.cfg.LintersSettings.SlogLint.ContextOnly {
 		l.log.Warnf("The configuration option `linters.sloglint.context-only` is deprecated, please use `linters.sloglint.context`.")

pkg/golinters/unused/unused.go

@@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ func getUnusedResults(pass *analysis.Pass, settings *config.UnusedSettings) unus
 	opts := unused.Options{
 		FieldWritesAreUses:     settings.FieldWritesAreUses,
 		PostStatementsAreReads: settings.PostStatementsAreReads,
-		ExportedIsUsed:         settings.ExportedIsUsed,
-		ExportedFieldsAreUsed:  settings.ExportedFieldsAreUsed,
-		ParametersAreUsed:      settings.ParametersAreUsed,
-		LocalVariablesAreUsed:  settings.LocalVariablesAreUsed,
-		GeneratedIsUsed:        settings.GeneratedIsUsed,
+		// Related to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/4218
+		// https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1474#issuecomment-1850760813
+		ExportedIsUsed:        true,
+		ExportedFieldsAreUsed: settings.ExportedFieldsAreUsed,
+		ParametersAreUsed:     settings.ParametersAreUsed,
+		LocalVariablesAreUsed: settings.LocalVariablesAreUsed,
+		GeneratedIsUsed:       settings.GeneratedIsUsed,
 	}
 
 	// ref: https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/blob/4ec1f474ca6c0feb8e10a8fcca4ab95f5b5b9881/internal/cmd/unused/unused.go#L68