✨ Better & Improved error propagation from govulncheck thrown errors.

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.231.6/containers/go/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
 
 # [Choice] Go version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 1, 1.16, 1.17, 1-bullseye, 1.16-bullseye, 1.17-bullseye, 1-buster, 1.16-buster, 1.17-buster
-ARG VARIANT="1.21-bullseye"
+ARG VARIANT="1.22-bullseye"
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/go:${VARIANT}
 
 # [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
             // Update the VARIANT arg to pick a version of Go: 1, 1.18, 1.17
             // Append -bullseye or -buster to pin to an OS version.
             // Use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon.
-            "VARIANT": "1.21-bullseye",
+            "VARIANT": "1.22-bullseye",
             // Options
             "NODE_VERSION": "none",
-            "VULNCHECK_VERSION": "v1.0.0"
+            "VULNCHECK_VERSION": "v1.1.0"
         }
     },
     "runArgs": [
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                 "go.formatTool": "goimports",
                 "[go]": {
                     "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-                        "source.organizeImports": true
+                        "source.organizeImports": "always"
                     }
                 },
                 "[go.mod]": {

pkg/vulncheck/runner.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package vulncheck
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
@@ -55,10 +56,23 @@ func (r *CLIScanner) Scan() (*types.Report, error) {
 	if err, ok := cmdErr.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
 		// Only if stderr is present the CLI failed
 		if len(err.Stderr) > 0 {
+			receivedError := string(err.Stderr)
+
+			if strings.Contains(receivedError, "go:") {
+				receivedError = strings.Trim(receivedError[strings.Index(receivedError, "go:")+3:], " ")
+			}
+
 			r.log.Error().
 				Err(err).
-				Str("Stderr", string(err.Stderr)).
+				Str("Stderr", receivedError).
 				Msg("govulncheck exited with none 0 code")
+
+			// Building up a set of known "mistakes"
+			if strings.Contains(receivedError, "requires go >=") {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the used go version is lower than required by your code. original error: %s", receivedError)
+			}
+
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("running govulncheck binary produced %s", receivedError)
 		}
 	}