From b375d44374052da5a62f82e4540b9149d770b40d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bortlesboat <bortstheboat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:23:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update lint Makefile target to use system golangci-lint

Fixes #377

After PR #253 removed golangci-lint from Go tools, make lint fails
with 'go: no such tool golangci-lint'. Update the GOLANGCI_LINT
variable to use the system-installed binary instead of go tool, and
add a pre-flight check with an install link on failure.
---
 Makefile | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93303bec..5047e9f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ release-cli: bin/arctl-darwin-amd64.sha256
 release-cli: bin/arctl-darwin-arm64.sha256
 release-cli: bin/arctl-windows-amd64.exe.sha256
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT ?= go tool golangci-lint
+GOLANGCI_LINT ?= $(shell which golangci-lint 2>/dev/null || echo "golangci-lint")
 GOLANGCI_LINT_ARGS ?= --fix
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: ## Run golangci-lint linter
+	@command -v $(GOLANGCI_LINT) >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Error: golangci-lint not found. Install: https://golangci-lint.run/welcome/install/"; exit 1; }
 	$(GOLANGCI_LINT) run $(GOLANGCI_LINT_ARGS)
 
 .PHONY: lint-ui