install golangci-lint manually in nix

.github/workflows/seth-lint.yml

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 jobs:
-  tools:
-    name: Get tool-versions
+  golangci:
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: seth
+    name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      golangci-lint-version: ${{ steps.tool-versions.outputs.golangci-lint_version }}
-      should_run: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.src }}
     steps:
-      - name: Check out Code
+      - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
       - name: Check for changes in Seth project
         uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
@@ -20,47 +20,11 @@ jobs:
           filters: |
             src:
               - 'seth/**'
-      - name: Parse tool-versions file
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@8887e596b4ee1134dae06b98d573bd674693f47c # v26
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true'
-        uses: smartcontractkit/tool-versions-to-env-action@aabd5efbaf28005284e846c5cf3a02f2cba2f4c2 # v1.0.8
-        id: tool-versions
-
-  golangci:
-    name: Linting Seth
-    if: needs.tools.outputs.should_run == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [tools]
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: smartcontractkit/chainlink-github-actions/chainlink-testing-framework/setup-go@e29366cdecfe6befff9ab8c3cfe4825218505d58 # v2.3.16
-        with:
-          test_download_vendor_packages_command: cd seth && go mod download
-          go_mod_path: seth/go.mod
-          cache_key_id: ctf-go-seth
-          cache_restore_only: 'false'
-      - name: golangci-lint ${{ needs.tools.outputs.golangci-lint-version }}
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@9d1e0624a798bb64f6c3cea93db47765312263dc # v5.1.0
         with:
-          version: v${{ needs.tools.outputs.golangci-lint-version }}
-          args: --out-format checkstyle:golangci-lint-report.xml
-          skip-cache: true
-          working-directory: seth
-      - name: Print lint report artifact
-        if: always()
-        working-directory: seth
-        shell: bash
+          nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
+      - name: Run tests
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true'
         run: |
-          if test -f golangci-lint-report.xml; then
-            cat golangci-lint-report.xml
-          else
-            echo "No golangci-lint-report.xml file  found"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Store lint report artifact
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
-        with:
-          name: golangci-lint-report-seth
-          path: seth/golangci-lint-report.xml
+          nix develop -c make lint

seth/shell.nix

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     go
     gopls
     delve
-    golangci-lint
     gotools
     jq
   ];
@@ -17,5 +16,10 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
   shellHook = ''
   solc-select install 0.8.19
   solc-select use 0.8.19
+  # setup go bin for nix
+  export GOBIN=$HOME/.nix-go/bin
+  mkdir -p $GOBIN
+  export PATH=$GOBIN:$PATH
+  go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/[email protected]
   '';
 }

shell.nix

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ mkShell' {
     gotools
     gopls
     delve
-    golangci-lint
     github-cli
     jq
     dasel
@@ -70,5 +69,6 @@ mkShell' {
     export PATH=$GOBIN:$PATH
     # install gotestloghelper
     go install github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/tools/gotestloghelper@latest
+    go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/[email protected]
   '';
 }