diff --git a/.github/.golangci.yml b/.github/.golangci.yml
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+# This is the configuration for golangci-lint for the restic project.
+#
+# A sample config with all settings is here:
+# https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/master/.golangci.example.yml
+
+linters:
+  # only enable the linters listed below
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    # make sure all errors returned by functions are handled
+    - errcheck
+
+    # find unused code
+    - deadcode
+
+    # show how code can be simplified
+    - gosimple
+
+    # # make sure code is formatted
+    - gofmt
+
+    # examine code and report suspicious constructs, such as Printf calls whose
+    # arguments do not align with the format string
+    - govet
+
+    # make sure names and comments are used according to the conventions
+    - revive
+
+    # detect when assignments to existing variables are not used
+    - ineffassign
+
+    # run static analysis and find errors
+    - staticcheck
+
+    # find unused variables, functions, structs, types, etc.
+    - unused
+
+    # find unused struct fields
+    - structcheck
+
+    # find unused global variables
+    - varcheck
+
+    # parse and typecheck code
+    - typecheck
+
+issues:
+  # don't use the default exclude rules, this hides (among others) ignored
+  # errors from Close() calls
+  exclude-use-default: false
+
+  # list of things to not warn about
+  exclude:
+    # revive: do not warn about missing comments for exported stuff
+    - exported (function|method|var|type|const) .* should have comment or be unexported
+    # revive: ignore constants in all caps
+    - don't use ALL_CAPS in Go names; use CamelCase
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+name: golangci-lint
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  # Optional: allow read access to pull request. Use with `only-new-issues` option.
+  pull-requests: read
+
+# cancel the in-progress workflow when PR is refreshed.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
+          cache: false
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          # Require: The version of golangci-lint to use.
+          # When `install-mode` is `binary` (default) the value can be v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version.
+          # When `install-mode` is `goinstall` the value can be v1.2.3, `latest`, or the hash of a commit.
+          version: v1.54
+
+          # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
+          only-new-issues: true
+
+          # Optional: The mode to install golangci-lint. It can be 'binary' or 'goinstall'.
+          install-mode: "goinstall"
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