add deprecatedRules list

config/config.go

@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ var allRules = append([]lint.Rule{
 	&rule.EnforceSliceStyleRule{},
 }, defaultRules...)
 
+var deprecatedRules = []lint.Rule{
+
+	&rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{},
+}
+
 var allFormatters = []lint.Formatter{
 	&formatter.Stylish{},
 	&formatter.Friendly{},
@@ -154,6 +159,11 @@ func parseConfig(path string, config *lint.Config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse the config file: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	for _, r := range deprecatedRules {
+		delete(config.Rules, r.Name())
+	}
+
 	for k, r := range config.Rules {
 		err := r.Initialize()
 		if err != nil {

rule/imports-blacklist.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package rule
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
+)
+
+// Deprecated: use ImportsBlocklistRule instead 
+type ImportsBlacklistRule struct {
+	blocklist []*regexp.Regexp
+	sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (r *ImportsBlacklistRule) Apply(file *lint.File, arguments lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure {
+
+	var failures []lint.Failure
+
+	return failures
+}
+
+func (*ImportsBlacklistRule) Name() string {
+	return "imports-blacklist"
+}