update golang to v1.26.2

Signed-off-by: André Martins <andre@cilium.io>

Author: aanm

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.24.1@sha256:52ff1b35ff8de185bf9fd26c70077190cd0bed1e9f16a2d498ce907e5c421268 as builder
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.26.2@sha256:b54cbf583d390341599d7bcbc062425c081105cc5ef6d170ced98ef9d047c716 as builder
 LABEL maintainer="maintainer@cilium.io"
 ADD . /go/src/github.com/cilium/github-actions
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/cilium/github-actions

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/cilium/github-actions
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/bndr/gojenkins v1.2.0

pkg/github/automerge.go

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (c *Client) AutoMerge(
 		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
 		_, _, err = c.GHClient.Issues.CreateComment(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, &gh.IssueComment{
-			Body: func() *string { a := fmt.Sprintf("Setting %s to let a human merge this PR.", cfg.Label); return &a }(),
+			Body: func() *string { ; return new(fmt.Sprintf("Setting %s to let a human merge this PR.", cfg.Label)) }(),
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err

pkg/github/comments.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *Client) CommentAndOpenIssue(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, is
 	}
 
 	_, _, err = c.GHClient.Issues.Edit(ctx, owner, repo, issueNumber, &gh.IssueRequest{
-		State: func() *string { a := "open"; return &a }(),
+		State: func() *string { ; return new("open") }(),
 	})
 
 	return err

pkg/github/mergeable.go

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (c *Client) UpdateMergeabilityCheck(
 	nextPage := 0
 	for {
 		lc, resp, err := c.GHClient.Checks.ListCheckRunsForRef(ctx, owner, repoName, head.GetSHA(), &gh.ListCheckRunsOptions{
-			CheckName: func() *string { a := checkerName; return &a }(),
+			CheckName: func() *string { ; return new(checkerName) }(),
 			ListOptions: gh.ListOptions{
 				Page: nextPage,
 			},
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (c *Client) UpdateMergeabilityCheck(
 						_, _, err := c.GHClient.Checks.UpdateCheckRun(ctx, owner, repoName, cr.GetID(), gh.UpdateCheckRunOptions{
 							Name:       checkerName,
 							ExternalID: head.SHA,
-							Status:     func() *string { a := "completed"; return &a }(),
+							Status:     func() *string { ; return new("completed") }(),
 							Conclusion: &conclusion,
 							CompletedAt: &gh.Timestamp{
 								Time: time.Now(),
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (c *Client) UpdateMergeabilityCheck(
 				Name:       checkerName,
 				HeadSHA:    head.GetSHA(),
 				ExternalID: head.SHA,
-				Status:     func() *string { a := "completed"; return &a }(),
+				Status:     func() *string { ; return new("completed") }(),
 				Conclusion: &conclusion,
 				CompletedAt: &gh.Timestamp{
 					Time: time.Now(),