diff --git a/asf-site-src/source/documentation/in-progress/precommit-basic.md b/asf-site-src/source/documentation/in-progress/precommit-basic.md
index 67a6b3a..9b8be39 100644
--- a/asf-site-src/source/documentation/in-progress/precommit-basic.md
+++ b/asf-site-src/source/documentation/in-progress/precommit-basic.md
@@ -108,17 +108,28 @@
 * [JUnit](http://junit.org/)
 * [TAP](https://testanything.org/)
 
+Compiler Support:
+
+* C/C++
+* Go
+* Java
+* Scala
+
 Language Support, Licensing, and more:
 
-* [Apache Creadur Rat](http://creadur.apache.org/rat/) entries in build system
+* [Apache Creadur Rat](http://creadur.apache.org/rat/) entries in build system or installed
+* [checkmake](https://github.com/mrtazz/checkmake) installed
 * [checkstyle](http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/) entries in build system (ant and maven only)
 * [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/) entries in build system and 3.x executables
   * NOTE: only one of FindBugs or SpotBugs may be used at a time.
-* [jshint](https://jshint.com) installed
+* [golangci-lint](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint)
+  * NOTE: only Go modules are supported
 * [hadolint](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) installed
+* [jshint](https://jshint.com) installed
 * [markdownlint-cli](https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli) installed
 * [Perl::Critic](http://perlcritic.com/) installed
 * [pylint](http://www.pylint.org/) installed
+* [revive](https://github.com/mgechev/revive) installed
 * [rubocop](http://batsov.com/rubocop/) installed
 * [shellcheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck) installed, preferably 0.3.6 or higher
 *[SpotBugs](https://spotbugs.github.io/)) entries in build system and 3.x executables
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/core.d/00-yetuslib.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/core.d/00-yetuslib.sh
index c86bc71..780dc2a 100755
--- a/precommit/src/main/shell/core.d/00-yetuslib.sh
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/core.d/00-yetuslib.sh
@@ -464,6 +464,38 @@
   fi
 }
 
+## @description  find the deepest entry of a directory array
+## @description  NOTE: array and filename MUST be absolute paths
+## @audience     public
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  no
+## @param        array
+## @param        fn
+## @return       dir if match
+function yetus_find_deepest_directory
+{
+  declare arrname=$1
+  declare arrref="${arrname}[@]"
+  declare array=("${!arrref}")
+  declare fn=$2
+
+  declare d
+  declare tvalsize
+  declare val
+  declare valsize
+
+  for d in "${array[@]}"; do
+    if yetus_relative_dir "${d}" "${fn}" >/dev/null; then
+      tvalsize=${d//[^/]/}
+      if [[ ${#tvalsize} -gt ${valsize} ]]; then
+        valsize=${#tvalsize}
+        val=${d}
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  echo "${val}"
+}
+
 ## @description  Get the date in ctime format
 ## @audience     public
 ## @stability    stable
@@ -472,8 +504,7 @@
 {
   if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -gt 4 ]] \
      || [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -eq 4 && "${BASH_VERSINFO[1]}" -gt 1 ]]; then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2183
-    printf "%(%s)T"
+    printf "%(%s)T" -1
   else
     date +"%s"
   fi
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch-docker/Dockerfile b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch-docker/Dockerfile
index 52ba190..09bac9b 100644
--- a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch-docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch-docker/Dockerfile
@@ -247,6 +247,21 @@
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     npm install -g jshint@2.10.2 markdownlint-cli@0.15.0
 
+###
+# Install golang and supported helpers
+###
+# hadolint ignore=DL3008
+RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:longsleep/golang-backports \
+    && apt-get -q update \
+    && apt-get -q install --no-install-recommends -y golang-go \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN go get -u github.com/mgechev/revive \
+    && go get -u github.com/mrtazz/checkmake \
+    && (GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.16.0) \
+    && mv /root/go/bin/* /usr/local/bin \
+    && rm -rf /root/go
+
 ####
 # YETUS CUT HERE
 # Anthing after the above line is ignored by Yetus, so could
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/checkmake.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/checkmake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da570d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/checkmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# SHELLDOC-IGNORE
+
+add_test_type checkmake
+
+CHECKMAKE_TIMER=0
+
+CHECKMAKE=${CHECKMAKE:-$(command -v checkmake 2>/dev/null)}
+
+function checkmake_usage
+{
+  yetus_add_option "--checkmake=<path>" "path to checkmake executable"
+  yetus_add_option "--checkmake-config=<path>" "relative path to checkmake config in source tree [default: none]"
+}
+
+function checkmake_parse_args
+{
+  local i
+
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case ${i} in
+      --checkmake=*)
+        CHECKMAKE=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+      --checkmake-config=*)
+        CHECKMAKE_CONFIG=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+function checkmake_filefilter
+{
+  local filename=$1
+
+  if [[ ${filename} =~ /Makefile$ ]] || [[ ${filename} =~ ^Makefile$ ]]; then
+    add_test checkmake
+  fi
+}
+
+function checkmake_precheck
+{
+  if ! verify_command checkmake "${CHECKMAKE}"; then
+    add_vote_table 0 checkmake "checkmake was not available."
+    delete_test checkmake
+  fi
+}
+
+function checkmake_exec
+{
+  declare i
+  declare repostatus=$1
+  declare -a args
+
+  echo "Running checkmake against identified Makefiles."
+  pushd "${BASEDIR}" >/dev/null || return 1
+
+
+  args=('--format={{.LineNumber}}:{{.Rule}}:{{.Violation}}')
+  if [[ -f "${CHECKMAKE_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+    args+=("--config=${CHECKMAKE_CONFIG}")
+  fi
+
+  for i in "${CHANGED_FILES[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ${i} =~ /Makefile$ ]] || [[ ${i} =~ ^Makefile$ ]]; then
+      if [[ -f ${i} ]]; then
+        while read -r; do
+           echo "${i}:${REPLY}" >> "${PATCH_DIR}/${repostatus}-checkmake-result.txt"
+        done < <("${CHECKMAKE}" "${args[@]}" "${i}")
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+
+  popd >/dev/null || return 1
+  return 0
+}
+
+function checkmake_preapply
+{
+  declare i
+  declare -a args
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test checkmake; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "checkmake plugin: ${PATCH_BRANCH}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  checkmake_exec branch
+
+  CHECKMAKE_TIMER=$(stop_clock)
+  return 0
+}
+
+## @description  Wrapper to call column_calcdiffs
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+## @param        branchlog
+## @param        patchlog
+## @return       differences
+function checkmake_calcdiffs
+{
+  column_calcdiffs "$@"
+}
+
+function checkmake_postapply
+{
+  declare i
+  declare numPrepatch
+  declare numPostpatch
+  declare diffPostpatch
+  declare fixedpatch
+  declare statstring
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test checkmake; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "checkmake plugin: ${BUILDMODE}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  # add our previous elapsed to our new timer
+  # by setting the clock back
+  offset_clock "${CHECKMAKE_TIMER}"
+
+  checkmake_exec patch
+
+  calcdiffs \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-checkmake-result.txt" \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-checkmake-result.txt" \
+    checkmake \
+      > "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-checkmake.txt"
+  diffPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-checkmake.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPrepatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-checkmake-result.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-checkmake-result.txt")
+
+  ((fixedpatch=numPrepatch-numPostpatch+diffPostpatch))
+
+  statstring=$(generic_calcdiff_status "${numPrepatch}" "${numPostpatch}" "${diffPostpatch}" )
+
+  if [[ ${diffPostpatch} -gt 0 ]] ; then
+    add_vote_table -1 checkmake "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    add_footer_table checkmake "@@BASE@@/diff-patch-checkmake.txt"
+    return 1
+  elif [[ ${fixedpatch} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    add_vote_table +1 checkmake "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  add_vote_table +1 checkmake "There were no new checkmake issues."
+  return 0
+}
+
+function checkmake_postcompile
+{
+  declare repostatus=$1
+
+  if [[ "${repostatus}" = branch ]]; then
+    checkmake_preapply
+  else
+    checkmake_postapply
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golang.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golang.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2b67365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golang.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+add_test_type golang
+
+GOEXE=$(command -v go 2>/dev/null)
+
+declare -a GOMOD_DIRS
+GOMOD_DIRS_CONTROL=reset
+
+## @description  Usage info for go plugin
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+function golang_usage
+{
+  yetus_add_option "--golang-go=<cmd>" "Location of the go binary (default: \"${GOEXE:-not found}\")"
+}
+
+## @description  Option parsing for go plugin
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+function golang_parse_args
+{
+  declare i
+
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case ${i} in
+      --golang-go=*)
+        GOEXE=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+## @description  find all non-vendor directories that have a go.mod file
+## @audience     public
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_gomod_find
+{
+  declare input
+
+  if [[ "${GOMOD_DIRS_CONTROL}" == reset ]]; then
+    GOMOD_DIRS=()
+    while read -r; do
+      if [[ ! "${REPLY}" =~ /vendor/ ]] &&
+         [[ ! "${REPLY}" =~ ^vendor ]]; then
+        input=${REPLY%%/go.mod}
+        GOMOD_DIRS+=("${input}")
+      fi
+    done < <(find "${BASEDIR}" -name go.mod)
+    GOMOD_DIRS_CONTROL=filled
+  fi
+}
+
+
+## @description  Determine if a file is in GOMOD_DIRS[@]
+## @audience     public
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+## @return       all matching dirs
+function golang_gomod_file
+{
+  declare fn=${1}
+
+  yetus_find_deepest_directory GOMOD_DIRS "${BASEDIR}/${fn}"
+}
+
+
+## @description  discover files to check
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_filefilter
+{
+  declare filename=$1
+
+  golang_gomod_find
+
+  if [[ "${filename}" =~ \.(c|h|go|s|cc)$ ]] ||
+     [[ "${filename}" =~ go.mod$ ]]; then
+    if golang_gomod_file "${filename}" >/dev/null; then
+      yetus_debug "tests/golang: ${filename}"
+      add_test golang
+      add_test compile
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+## @description  check for golang compiler errors
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  no
+function golang_precompile
+{
+  GOMOD_DIRS_CONTROL=reset
+}
+
+## @description  check for golang compiler errors
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  no
+function golang_compile
+{
+  declare codebase=$1
+  declare multijdkmode=$2
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test golang; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  if [[ ${codebase} = patch ]]; then
+    generic_postlog_compare compile golang "${multijdkmode}"
+  fi
+}
+
+## @description  Helper for generic_logfilter
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_logfilter
+{
+  declare input=$1
+  declare output=$2
+
+  #shellcheck disable=SC1117
+  "${GREP}" -i -E "^.*\.go\:[[:digit:]]*\:" "${input}" > "${output}"
+}
+
+## @description  go post
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_postapply
+{
+  if [[ -z "${GOEXE}" ]]; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+    version=$("${GOEXE}" version 2>&1 | "${AWK}" '{print $3}' 2>&1)
+    add_version_data golang "${version#* }"
+  fi
+}
+
+## @description  set volumes and options as appropriate for maven
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_docker_support
+{
+  add_docker_env CGO_LDFLAGS
+  add_docker_env CGO_ENABLED
+  add_docker_env GO111MODULE
+  add_docker_env GOPATH
+}
+
+
+## @description  set volumes and options as appropriate for maven
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  yes
+function golang_clean
+{
+  git_checkout_force
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golangci.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golangci.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462dbb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/golangci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# SHELLDOC-IGNORE
+
+add_test_type golangcilint
+
+GOLANGCI_TIMER=0
+GOLANGCI_LINT=$(command -v golangci-lint 2>/dev/null)
+
+## @description  Usage info for slack plugin
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+function golangcilint_usage
+{
+  yetus_add_option "--golangcilint=<cmd>" "Location of the go binary (default: \"${GOLANGCI_LINT:-not found}\")"
+  yetus_add_option "--golangcilint-config=<cmd>" "Location of the config file"
+}
+
+## @description  Option parsing for slack plugin
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+function golangcilint_parse_args
+{
+  declare i
+
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case ${i} in
+      --golangcilint=*)
+        GOLANGCI_LINT=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+      --golangcilint-config=*)
+        GOLANGCI_CONFIG=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+function golangcilint_filefilter
+{
+  declare filename=$1
+
+  if [[ ${filename} =~ \.go$ ]]; then
+    add_test golangcilint
+  fi
+}
+
+function golangcilint_precheck
+{
+  if [[ -z "${GOLANGCI_LINT}" ]]; then
+    add_vote_table 0 golangcilint "golangci-lint was not found."
+    delete_test golangcilint
+  fi
+}
+
+function golangcilint_exec
+{
+  declare i
+  declare repostatus=$1
+  declare -a args
+  declare -a gargs
+
+  if [[ -f "${EXCLUDE_PATHS_FILE}" ]]; then
+    gargs=("${GREP}" "-v" "-E" "-f" "${EXCLUDE_PATHS_FILE}")
+  else
+    gargs=("cat")
+  fi
+
+  args=("--color=never")
+  args+=("--out-format=line-number")
+  args+=("--print-issued-lines=false")
+
+  if [[ -f "${GOLANGCI_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+    args+=("--config" "${GOLANGCI_CONFIG}")
+  fi
+
+  golang_gomod_find
+
+  for d in "${GOMOD_DIRS[@]}"; do
+    pushd "${d}" >/dev/null || return 1
+    while read -r; do
+      p=$(yetus_relative_dir "${BASEDIR}" "${d}")
+      if [[ -n "${p}" ]]; then
+        p="${p}/"
+      fi
+      echo "${p}${REPLY}" >> "${PATCH_DIR}/${repostatus}-golangcilint-result.txt"
+    done < <("${GOLANGCI_LINT}" run "${args[@]}" ./... 2>&1 \
+      | "${gargs[@]}" \
+      | sort -t : -k 1,1 -k 2,2n -k 3,3n)
+    popd >/dev/null || return 1
+  done
+  return 0
+}
+
+function golangcilint_preapply
+{
+  declare i
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test golangcilint; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "golangcilint plugin: ${PATCH_BRANCH}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  golangcilint_exec branch
+  GOLANGCI_TIMER=$(stop_clock)
+  return 0
+}
+
+## @description  Wrapper to call column_calcdiffs
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+## @param        branchlog
+## @param        patchlog
+## @return       differences
+function golangcilint_calcdiffs
+{
+  column_calcdiffs "$@"
+}
+
+function golangcilint_postapply
+{
+  declare i
+  declare numPrepatch
+  declare numPostpatch
+  declare diffPostpatch
+  declare fixedpatch
+  declare statstring
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test golangcilint; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "golangcilint plugin: ${BUILDMODE}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  # add our previous elapsed to our new timer
+  # by setting the clock back
+  offset_clock "${GOLANGCI_TIMER}"
+
+  golangcilint_exec patch
+
+  calcdiffs \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-golangcilint-result.txt" \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-golangcilint-result.txt" \
+    golangcilint \
+      > "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-golangcilint.txt"
+  diffPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-golangcilint.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPrepatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-golangcilint-result.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-golangcilint-result.txt")
+
+  ((fixedpatch=numPrepatch-numPostpatch+diffPostpatch))
+
+  statstring=$(generic_calcdiff_status "${numPrepatch}" "${numPostpatch}" "${diffPostpatch}" )
+
+  if [[ ${diffPostpatch} -gt 0 ]] ; then
+    add_vote_table -1 golangcilint "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    add_footer_table golangcilint "@@BASE@@/diff-patch-golangcilint.txt"
+    return 1
+  elif [[ ${fixedpatch} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    add_vote_table +1 golangcilint "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  add_vote_table +1 golangcilint "There were no new golangcilint issues."
+  return 0
+}
+
+function golangcilint_postcompile
+{
+  declare repostatus=$1
+
+  if [[ "${repostatus}" = branch ]]; then
+    golangcilint_preapply
+  else
+    golangcilint_postapply
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/make.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/make.sh
index 35bbb1a..2dff730 100755
--- a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/make.sh
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/make.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     ;;
     distclean)
       if [[ ${MAKE_GITCLEAN} = true ]];then
-        git clean -x -f -d
+        git_clean
       else
         modules_workers "${repostatus}" distclean clean
       fi
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/revive.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/revive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5486123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/revive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# SHELLDOC-IGNORE
+
+add_test_type revive
+
+REVIVE_TIMER=0
+
+REVIVE=${REVIVE:-$(command -v revive 2>/dev/null)}
+
+function revive_usage
+{
+  yetus_add_option "--revive=<path>" "path to revive executable"
+  yetus_add_option "--revive-config=<path>" "relative path to revive config in source tree [default: none]"
+}
+
+function revive_parse_args
+{
+  local i
+
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    case ${i} in
+      --revive=*)
+        REVIVE=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+      --revive-config=*)
+        REVIVE_CONFIG=${i#*=}
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+function revive_filefilter
+{
+  local filename=$1
+
+  if [[ ${filename} =~ \.go$ ]]; then
+    add_test revive
+  fi
+}
+
+function revive_precheck
+{
+  if ! verify_command revive "${REVIVE}"; then
+    add_vote_table 0 revive "revive was not available."
+    delete_test revive
+  fi
+}
+
+function revive_exec
+{
+  declare i
+  declare repostatus=$1
+  declare -a args
+
+  echo "Running revive against identified go files."
+  pushd "${BASEDIR}" >/dev/null || return 1
+
+  args=('-formatter' 'default')
+  if [[ -f "${REVIVE_CONFIG}" ]]; then
+    args+=('-config' "${REVIVE_CONFIG}")
+  fi
+
+  for i in "${CHANGED_FILES[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ${i} =~ \.go$ && -f ${i} ]]; then
+      "${REVIVE}" "${args[@]}" "${i}" | sort -t : -k1,1 -k2,2n -k3,3n >> "${PATCH_DIR}/${repostatus}-revive-result.txt"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  popd >/dev/null || return 1
+  return 0
+}
+
+function revive_preapply
+{
+  declare i
+  declare -a args
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test revive; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "revive plugin: ${PATCH_BRANCH}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  revive_exec branch
+
+  REVIVE_TIMER=$(stop_clock)
+  return 0
+}
+
+## @description  Wrapper to call column_calcdiffs
+## @audience     private
+## @stability    evolving
+## @replaceable  no
+## @param        branchlog
+## @param        patchlog
+## @return       differences
+function revive_calcdiffs
+{
+  column_calcdiffs "$@"
+}
+
+function revive_postapply
+{
+  declare i
+  declare numPrepatch
+  declare numPostpatch
+  declare diffPostpatch
+  declare fixedpatch
+  declare statstring
+
+  if ! verify_needed_test revive; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  big_console_header "revive plugin: ${BUILDMODE}"
+
+  start_clock
+
+  # add our previous elapsed to our new timer
+  # by setting the clock back
+  offset_clock "${REVIVE_TIMER}"
+
+  revive_exec patch
+
+  calcdiffs \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-revive-result.txt" \
+    "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-revive-result.txt" \
+    revive \
+      > "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-revive.txt"
+  diffPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/diff-patch-revive.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPrepatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/branch-revive-result.txt")
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  numPostpatch=$("${AWK}" -F: 'BEGIN {sum=0} 3<NF {sum+=1} END {print sum}' "${PATCH_DIR}/patch-revive-result.txt")
+
+  ((fixedpatch=numPrepatch-numPostpatch+diffPostpatch))
+
+  statstring=$(generic_calcdiff_status "${numPrepatch}" "${numPostpatch}" "${diffPostpatch}" )
+
+  if [[ ${diffPostpatch} -gt 0 ]] ; then
+    add_vote_table -1 revive "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    add_footer_table revive "@@BASE@@/diff-patch-revive.txt"
+    return 1
+  elif [[ ${fixedpatch} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    add_vote_table +1 revive "${BUILDMODEMSG} ${statstring}"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  add_vote_table +1 revive "There were no new revive issues."
+  return 0
+}
+
+function revive_postcompile
+{
+  declare repostatus=$1
+
+  if [[ "${repostatus}" = branch ]]; then
+    revive_preapply
+  else
+    revive_postapply
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/whitespace.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/whitespace.sh
index 6d3b682..29963f9 100755
--- a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/whitespace.sh
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.d/whitespace.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # SHELLDOC-IGNORE
 
 WHITESPACE_EOL_IGNORE_LIST=
-WHITESPACE_TABS_IGNORE_LIST='.*Makefile.*','.*\.go'
+WHITESPACE_TABS_IGNORE_LIST='.*Makefile.*','.*\.go','.*go\.mod'
 
 add_test_type whitespace
 
diff --git a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.sh b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.sh
index 27d5f98..eb1ebb4 100755
--- a/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.sh
+++ b/precommit/src/main/shell/test-patch.sh
@@ -1136,6 +1136,45 @@
   return 0
 }
 
+## @description  git clean the repository
+## @audience     public
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  no
+## @return       0 on success
+function git_clean
+{
+  declare exemptdir
+
+  if [[ ${RESETREPO} == "true" ]]; then
+    # if PATCH_DIR is in BASEDIR, then we don't want
+    # git wiping it out.
+    exemptdir=$(yetus_relative_dir "${BASEDIR}" "${PATCH_DIR}")
+    if [[ $? == 1 ]]; then
+      "${GIT}" clean -xdf
+    else
+      # we do, however, want it emptied of all _files_.
+      # we need to leave _directories_ in case we are in
+      # re-exec mode (which places a directory full of stuff in it)
+      yetus_debug "Exempting ${exemptdir} from clean"
+      "${GIT}" clean -xdf -e "${exemptdir}"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+## @description  Forcibly reset the tree back to it's original state
+## @audience     public
+## @stability    stable
+## @replaceable  no
+## @return       0 on success
+function git_checkout_force
+{
+  declare exemptdir
+
+  if [[ ${RESETREPO} == "true" ]]; then
+    git_clean && "${GIT}" checkout --force "${PATCH_BRANCH}"
+  fi
+}
+
 ## @description  git checkout the appropriate branch to test.  Additionally, this calls
 ## @description  'determine_branch' based upon the context provided
 ## @description  in ${PATCH_DIR} and in git after checkout.
@@ -1177,26 +1216,19 @@
       cleanup_and_exit 1
     fi
 
+    if ! git_clean; then
+      yetus_error "ERROR: git clean is failing"
+      cleanup_and_exit 1
+    fi
+
     # if PATCH_DIR is in BASEDIR, then we don't want
     # git wiping it out.
-    exemptdir=$(yetus_relative_dir "${BASEDIR}" "${PATCH_DIR}")
-    if [[ $? == 1 ]]; then
-      "${GIT}" clean -xdf
-      status=$?
-
-    else
-      # we do, however, want it emptied of all _files_.
-      # we need to leave _directories_ in case we are in
+    if yetus_relative_dir "${BASEDIR}" "${PATCH_DIR}" >/dev/null; then
+      # we need to empty out PATCH_DIR, but
+      # leave _directories_ in case we are in
       # re-exec mode (which places a directory full of stuff in it)
       yetus_debug "Exempting ${exemptdir} from clean"
       rm "${PATCH_DIR}/*" 2>/dev/null
-      "${GIT}" clean -xdf -e "${exemptdir}"
-      status=$?
-    fi
-
-    if [[ ${status} != 0 ]]; then
-      yetus_error "ERROR: git clean is failing"
-      cleanup_and_exit 1
     fi
 
     if [[ "${GIT_SHALLOW}" == false ]]; then
@@ -1244,7 +1276,7 @@
         fi
       fi
 
-      if ! "${GIT}" clean -df; then
+      if ! git_clean; then
         yetus_error "ERROR: git clean is failing"
         cleanup_and_exit 1
       fi
@@ -2971,7 +3003,7 @@
 
   for plugin in "${TESTTYPES[@]}" "${TESTFORMATS[@]}"; do
     if declare -f "${plugin}_clean" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      yetus_debug "Running ${plugin}_distclean"
+      yetus_debug "Running ${plugin}_clean"
       if ! "${plugin}_clean"; then
         ((result = result+1))
       fi