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How did you install golangci-lint?

Brew

Description of the problem

golangci-lint custom is supposed to support color flags

I want to be able to deactivate, but I cannot.
I feel like a flag is not parsed.

Version of golangci-lint

$ golangci-lint --version
golangci-lint has version 2.1.6 built with go1.24.2 from eabc263 on 2025-05-04T15:36:41Z

Configuration

This is a .custom-gcl.yml file

version: v2.1.6
plugins:
  - module: foo
    path: .

Go environment

$ go version && go env
# not relevant

Verbose output of running

$ golangci-lint custom --help
Build a version of golangci-lint with custom linters

Usage:
  golangci-lint custom [flags]

Global Flags:
      --color string   Use color when printing; can be 'always', 'auto', or 'never' (default "auto")
  -h, --help           Help for a command
  -v, --verbose        Verbose output

A minimal reproducible example or link to a public repository

version: v2.1.6
plugins:
  - module: foo
    path: .

$ golangci-lint custom -v --color=never

$ NO_COLOR=1 golangci-lint custom -v --color=never

Validation

• Yes, I've included all information above (version, config, etc.).

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