adding lint check

Signed-off-by: Martin Coetzee <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Lint checks
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - '[0-9]+.[1-9][0-9]*.x'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - '[0-9]+.[1-9][0-9]*.x'
+    paths:
+      - "**.go"
+      - "**/go.mod"
+      - "**/go.sum"
+      - ".golangi.yml"
+      - ".github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml"
+      - "!docs/**"
+env:
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.57.2"
+  GO_VERSION: "~1.22"
+jobs:
+  golangci-lint:
+    name: golangci-lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./
+          version: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION }}
+          args: --config ./.golangci.yml -v