1. Added reference

2. Added tests
3. Added config
4. Added linter

Author: maranqz

Diff for: .golangci.reference.yml

@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ linters-settings:
       - OPTIMIZE # marks code that should be optimized before merging
       - HACK # marks hack-around that should be removed before merging
 
+  gofactory:
+    # Default: []
+    blockedPkgs:
+      - github.com/author/repository/path/to/package
+    # Default: false
+    onlyBlockedPkgs: true
+
   gofmt:
     # Simplify code: gofmt with `-s` option.
     # Default: true
@@ -2336,6 +2343,7 @@ linters:
     - godot
     - godox
     - goerr113
+    - gofactory
     - gofmt
     - gofumpt
     - goheader
@@ -2456,6 +2464,7 @@ linters:
     - godot
     - godox
     - goerr113
+    - gofactory
     - gofmt
     - gofumpt
     - goheader

Diff for: go.mod

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/leonklingele/grouper v1.1.1
 	github.com/lufeee/execinquery v1.2.1
 	github.com/macabu/inamedparam v0.1.2
+	github.com/maranqz/go-factory-lint v1.0.3
 	github.com/maratori/testableexamples v1.0.0
 	github.com/maratori/testpackage v1.1.1
 	github.com/matoous/godox v0.0.0-20230222163458-006bad1f9d26
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ require (
 	go-simpler.org/sloglint v0.3.0
 	go.tmz.dev/musttag v0.7.2
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230510235704-dd950f8aeaea
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.6
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.5.0
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp/typeparams v0.0.0-20230307190834-24139beb5833 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect

Diff for: go.sum

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ type LintersSettings struct {
 	Gocyclo          GoCycloSettings
 	Godot            GodotSettings
 	Godox            GodoxSettings
+	Gofactory        GoFactoryLintSettings
 	Gofmt            GoFmtSettings
 	Gofumpt          GofumptSettings
 	Goheader         GoHeaderSettings
@@ -473,6 +474,11 @@ type GodoxSettings struct {
 	Keywords []string
 }
 
+type GoFactoryLintSettings struct {
+	BlockedPkgs     map[string]map[string]string `mapstructure:"BlockedPkgs"`
+	OnlyBlockedPkgs string                       `mapstructure:"OnlyBlockedPkgs"`
+}
+
 type GoFmtSettings struct {
 	Simplify     bool
 	RewriteRules []GoFmtRewriteRule `mapstructure:"rewrite-rules"`

Diff for: pkg/config/linters_settings.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package golinters
+
+import (
+	"github.com/maranqz/go-factory-lint"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/golinters/goanalysis"
+)
+
+func NewGoFactoryLint(settings *config.GoFactoryLintSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
+	a := factory.NewAnalyzer()
+
+	cfg := make(map[string]map[string]any)
+	if settings != nil {
+		cfg[a.Name] = map[string]any{}
+
+		if len(settings.BlockedPkgs) > 0 {
+			cfg[a.Name]["blockedPkgs"] = settings.BlockedPkgs
+			cfg[a.Name]["onlyBlockedPkgs"] = settings.OnlyBlockedPkgs
+		}
+	}
+
+	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
+		a.Name,
+		a.Doc,
+		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
+		cfg,
+	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
+}

Diff for: pkg/golinters/gofactorylint.go

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 		gocycloCfg          *config.GoCycloSettings
 		godotCfg            *config.GodotSettings
 		godoxCfg            *config.GodoxSettings
+		goFactoryCfg        *config.GoFactoryLintSettings
 		gofmtCfg            *config.GoFmtSettings
 		gofumptCfg          *config.GofumptSettings
 		goheaderCfg         *config.GoHeaderSettings
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 		gocycloCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Gocyclo
 		godotCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Godot
 		godoxCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Godox
+		goFactoryCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Gofactory
 		gofmtCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Gofmt
 		gofumptCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Gofumpt
 		goheaderCfg = &m.cfg.LintersSettings.Goheader
@@ -488,6 +490,11 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
 			WithURL("https://github.com/Djarvur/go-err113"),
 
+		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewGoFactoryLint(goFactoryCfg)).
+			WithSince("next_version").
+			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
+			WithURL("https://github.com/maranqz/go-factory-lint"),
+
 		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewGofmt(gofmtCfg)).
 			WithSince("v1.0.0").
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetFormatting).

Diff for: pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+linters-settings:
+  gofactory:
+    blockedPkgs: []
+    onlyBlockedPkgs: false

Diff for: test/testdata/configs/gofactory.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package gofactory
+
+import "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/test/testdata/gofactory/nested"
+
+type Struct struct{}
+
+var (
+	globalStruct    = nested.Struct{}  // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+	globalStructPtr = &nested.Struct{} // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+)
+
+func fn() {
+	_ = nested.Struct{}  // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+	_ = &nested.Struct{} // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+
+	_ = []nested.Struct{{}, nested.Struct{}}   // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+	_ = []*nested.Struct{{}, &nested.Struct{}} // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+
+	call(nested.Struct{}) // want `Use factory for nested.Struct`
+
+	_ = []Struct{{}, {}}
+}
+
+func call(_ nested.Struct) {}

Diff for: test/testdata/gofactory/app.go

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package nested
+
+type Struct struct{}