Try out NilAway for nil panic detection

[theunrepentantgeek]

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Describe the current behavior

There's a new linter for detection of potential nil pointer dereference errors that looks worth investigating.

NilAway - Practical Nil Panic Detection for Go

Describe the improvement

Trial using NilAway against our three key deliverables: controller, generator, and asoctl to see if it delivers enough value to make a standard part of our CI.

[matthchr]

Still something we're interested in

[matthchr]

no change from above

[matthchr]

No change from above

[theunrepentantgeek]

Still interested in this.

[matthchr]

Still interested.