Add a dedicated Validate GitHub Actions workflow (#614)

.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml

@@ -9,26 +9,8 @@ permissions:
     contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    - name: Install Pandoc
-      run: sudo apt-get install pandoc
-
-    - name: Validate
-      run: make validate
-
   tests-e2e:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: validate
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
@@ -108,7 +90,6 @@ jobs:
         path: /tmp/k3k.log
   tests-e2e-slow:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: validate
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -9,43 +9,8 @@ permissions:
     contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    - name: golangci-lint
-      uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
-      with:
-        args: --timeout=5m
-        version: v2.3.0
-
-  validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    - name: Install Pandoc
-      run: sudo apt-get install pandoc
-
-    - name: Validate
-      run: make validate
-
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: validate
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
@@ -67,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
 
   tests-cli:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: validate
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Validate
+on: [pull_request, push]
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install Pandoc
+        run: sudo apt-get install pandoc
+
+      - name: Run linters
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
+        with:
+          version: v2.7.2
+          args: -v
+          only-new-issues: true
+          skip-cache: false
+
+      - name: Run formatters
+        run: golangci-lint -v fmt ./...
+
+      - name: Validate
+        run: make validate

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty --match="v[0-9]*")
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v2.3.0
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v2.7.2
 GINKGO_VERSION ?= v2.21.0
 GINKGO_FLAGS ?= -v -r --coverprofile=cover.out --coverpkg=./...
 ENVTEST_VERSION ?= v0.0.0-20250505003155-b6c5897febe5
@@ -112,13 +112,16 @@ lint:	## Find any linting issues in the project
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:	## Format source files in the project
+ifndef CI
 	$(GOLANGCI_LINT) fmt ./...
+endif
 
 .PHONY: validate
 validate: generate docs fmt ## Validate the project checking for any dependency or doc mismatch
 	$(GINKGO) unfocus
 	go mod tidy
-	git status --porcelain
+	go mod verify
+	git status --porcelain 
 	git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 
 .PHONY: install