deadline is now deprecated, but should be taking its value from the configuration if set

.golangci.yml

@@ -112,6 +112,6 @@ issues:
 # golangci.com configuration
 # https://github.com/golangci/golangci/wiki/Configuration
 service:
-  golangci-lint-version: 1.19.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
+  golangci-lint-version: 1.20.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
   prepare:
     - echo "here I can run custom commands, but no preparation needed for this repo"

README.md

@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ issues:
 # golangci.com configuration
 # https://github.com/golangci/golangci/wiki/Configuration
 service:
-  golangci-lint-version: 1.19.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
+  golangci-lint-version: 1.20.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
   prepare:
     - echo "here I can run custom commands, but no preparation needed for this repo"
 ```

pkg/commands/run.go

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func wh(text string) string {
 	return color.GreenString(text)
 }
 
+const defaultTimeout = time.Minute
+
 //nolint:funlen
 func initFlagSet(fs *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *config.Config, m *lintersdb.Manager, isFinalInit bool) {
 	hideFlag := func(name string) {
@@ -87,9 +89,10 @@ func initFlagSet(fs *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *config.Config, m *lintersdb.Manager, is
 	fs.IntVar(&rc.ExitCodeIfIssuesFound, "issues-exit-code",
 		exitcodes.IssuesFound, wh("Exit code when issues were found"))
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&rc.BuildTags, "build-tags", nil, wh("Build tags"))
-	fs.DurationVar(&rc.Timeout, "deadline", time.Minute, wh("Deadline for total work"))
+
+	fs.DurationVar(&rc.Timeout, "deadline", defaultTimeout, wh("Deadline for total work"))
 	hideFlag("deadline")
-	fs.DurationVar(&rc.Timeout, "timeout", time.Minute, wh("Timeout for total work"))
+	fs.DurationVar(&rc.Timeout, "timeout", defaultTimeout, wh("Timeout for total work"))
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&rc.AnalyzeTests, "tests", true, wh("Analyze tests (*_test.go)"))
 	fs.BoolVar(&rc.PrintResourcesUsage, "print-resources-usage", false,
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ func (e *Executor) executeRun(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	e.setTimeoutToDeadlineIfOnlyDeadlineIsSet()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), e.cfg.Run.Timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -418,6 +422,15 @@ func (e *Executor) executeRun(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	e.setupExitCode(ctx)
 }
 
+// to be removed when deadline is finally decommissioned
+func (e *Executor) setTimeoutToDeadlineIfOnlyDeadlineIsSet() {
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 We want to promoted the deprecated config value when needed
+	deadlineValue := e.cfg.Run.Deadline // nolint: staticcheck
+	if deadlineValue != 0 && e.cfg.Run.Timeout == defaultTimeout {
+		e.cfg.Run.Timeout = deadlineValue
+	}
+}
+
 func (e *Executor) setupExitCode(ctx context.Context) {
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
 		e.exitCode = exitcodes.Timeout

test/run_test.go

@@ -54,6 +54,42 @@ func TestTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		ExpectOutputContains(`Timeout exceeded: try increase it by passing --timeout option`)
 }
 
+func TestTimeoutInConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	type tc struct {
+		cfg string
+	}
+
+	cases := []tc{
+		{
+			cfg: `
+				run:
+					deadline: 1ms
+			`,
+		},
+		{
+			cfg: `
+				run:
+					timeout: 1ms
+			`,
+		},
+		{
+			// timeout should override deadline
+			cfg: `
+				run:
+					deadline: 100s
+					timeout: 1ms
+			`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	r := testshared.NewLintRunner(t)
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		// Run with disallowed option set only in config
+		r.RunWithYamlConfig(c.cfg, withCommonRunArgs(minimalPkg)...).ExpectExitCode(exitcodes.Timeout).
+			ExpectOutputContains(`Timeout exceeded: try increase it by passing --timeout option`)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTestsAreLintedByDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	testshared.NewLintRunner(t).Run(getTestDataDir("withtests")).
 		ExpectHasIssue("`if` block ends with a `return`")