relieve the developer of the curmudgeon of golint

settings.json

    "go.useLanguageServer": true,
    // gometalinter is not allowed but works?
    "go.lintTool": "gometalinter",
    "go.lintFlags": [
        "--disable-all",
        "--enable=golint",
        "--exclude=exported (const|type|method|function) [\\w.]+ should have comment (\\(or a comment on this block\\) )?or be unexported",
        "--exclude=don't use ALL_CAPS in Go names; use CamelCase",
        "--exclude=(func|const|struct field|) \\w+ should be \\w+"
    ]

text.sh

# download and install gometalineter  

# see https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter

$ curl -L https://git.io/vp6lP | sh