pre-commit: golangci-lint uses wrong JSON schema (v2.0), causing config verification errors

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Description of the problem

I am using pre-commit with golangci-lint pinned to v2.8.0.
However, the golangci-lint-config-verify hook fails with JSON schema validation errors.

Upon investigation, I noticed that the golangci-lint binary installed inside the pre-commit cache reports its version as:

2.0.0-20260107212322-e2e40021c900+dirty

Because of this, golangci-lint fetches the v2.0 JSON schema:

https://golangci-lint.run/jsonschema/golangci.v2.0.jsonschema.json

This schema is incompatible with newer configuration options supported in v2.8.0, which leads to false validation failures.

Steps to Reproduce

.pre-commit-config.yaml:

---
default_stages:
  - pre-commit
  - pre-push

repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
    rev: v2.8.0
    hooks:
      - id: golangci-lint-config-verify
      - id: golangci-lint-fmt
      - id: golangci-lint-full

Run:
pre-commit run -a

Actual Result

golangci-lint-config-verify..............................................Failed
- hook id: golangci-lint-config-verify
- exit code: 3

jsonschema: "linters.settings.exhaustruct" does not validate with "/properties/linters/properties/settings/properties/exhaustruct/$ref/additionalProperties":
additional properties 'allow-empty-returns' not allowed

jsonschema: "linters.settings" does not validate with "/properties/linters/properties/settings/additionalProperties":
additional properties 'embeddedstructfieldcheck', 'funcorder', 'godoclint' not allowed

The command is terminated due to an error: the configuration contains invalid elements

Meanwhile, other hooks succeed:

golangci-lint-fmt  Passed
golangci-lint-full Passed

Observed Binary Version in Pre-commit Cache

~/.cache/pre-commit/repom7p7wvum/golangenv-system/bin/golangci-lint --version

golangci-lint has version 2.0.0-20260107212322-e2e40021c900+dirty
built with go1.25.7
from e2e40021c9007020676c93680a36e3ab06c6cd33 (modified: true)
built at 2026-01-07T21:23:22Z

Version of golangci-lint

Details

$ golangci-lint --version
golangci-lint has version 2.0.0-20260107212322-e2e40021c900+dirty
built with go1.25.7
from e2e40021c9007020676c93680a36e3ab06c6cd33 (modified: true)
built at 2026-01-07T21:23:22Z

Configuration

Details

# paste configuration file or CLI flags here

Go environment

Details

$ go version && go env
# paste output here

Verbose output of running

Details

$ golangci-lint cache clean
$ golangci-lint run -v
# paste output here

A minimal reproducible example or link to a public repository

Details

// add your code here

Validation

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

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[ldez]

You are using:

golangci-lint has version 2.0.0-20260107212322-e2e40021c900+dirty

So the JSON schema is the golangci.v2.0.jsonschema.json and not the one related to v2.8.0.

Please update your golangci-lint version to v2.8.0

[ldez]

I don't know how pre-commit is defining the version of the binary but the version is wrong.
The commit is right but not the version.

[ldez]

This is because pre-commit is using a dangling commit without tag information.

VCS metadata are not available, and it seems like pre-commit doesn't want to change that or add an option about it.