dgryski.semgrep-go.nilerr.return-nil

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return nil err instead of nil value

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rules:
  - id: return-nil
    patterns:
      - pattern-either:
          - pattern: |
              if err == nil {
                      return err
              }
          - pattern: |
              if err == nil {
                      return ..., err
              }
    message: return nil err instead of nil value
    languages:
      - go
    severity: ERROR
    metadata:
      license: MIT