fix 968 by removing references to black and white lists

README.md

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ List of all available rules. The rules ported from `golint` are left unchanged a
 | [`exported`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#exported)            |  []string   | Naming and commenting conventions on exported symbols.           |   yes    |  no   |
 | [`if-return`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#if-return)           |  n/a   | Redundant if when returning an error.                            |   no    |  no   |
 | [`increment-decrement`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#increment-decrement) |  n/a   | Use `i++` and `i--` instead of `i += 1` and `i -= 1`.            |   yes    |  no   |
-| [`var-naming`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#var-naming)          |  whitelist & blacklist of initialisms   | Naming rules.                                                    |   yes    |  no   |
+| [`var-naming`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#var-naming)          |  allowlist & blocklist of initialisms   | Naming rules.                                                    |   yes    |  no   |
 | [`package-comments`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#package-comments)    |  n/a   | Package commenting conventions.                                  |   yes    |  no   |
 | [`range`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#range)               |  n/a   | Prevents redundant variables when iterating over a collection.   |   yes    |  no   |
 | [`receiver-naming`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#receiver-naming)     |  n/a   | Conventions around the naming of receivers.                      |   yes    |  no   |
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ List of all available rules. The rules ported from `golint` are left unchanged a
 | [`bool-literal-in-expr`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#bool-literal-in-expr)|  n/a   | Suggests removing Boolean literals from logic expressions        |    no    |  no   |
 | [`redefines-builtin-id`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#redefines-builtin-id)|  n/a   | Warns on redefinitions of builtin identifiers                    |    no    |  no   |
 | [`function-result-limit`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#function-result-limit) |  int (defaults to 3)| Specifies the maximum number of results a function can return    |    no    |  no   |
-| [`imports-blacklist`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#imports-blacklist)   | []string | Disallows importing the specified packages                     |    no    |  no   |
+| [`imports-blocklist`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#imports-blocklist)   | []string | Disallows importing the specified packages                     |    no    |  no   |
 | [`range-val-in-closure`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#range-val-in-closure)|  n/a   | Warns if range value is used in a closure dispatched as goroutine|    no    |  no   |
 | [`range-val-address`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#range-val-address)|  n/a   | Warns if address of range value is used dangerously |    no    |  yes   |
 | [`waitgroup-by-value`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#waitgroup-by-value)  |  n/a   | Warns on functions taking sync.WaitGroup as a by-value parameter |    no    |  no   |
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ Here you can find how you can configure some existing rules:
 
 ### `var-naming`
 
-This rule accepts two slices of strings, a whitelist and a blacklist of initialisms. By default, the rule behaves exactly as the alternative in `golint` but optionally, you can relax it (see [golint/lint/issues/89](https://github.com/golang/lint/issues/89))
+This rule accepts two slices of strings, an allowlist and a blocklist of initialisms. By default, the rule behaves exactly as the alternative in `golint` but optionally, you can relax it (see [golint/lint/issues/89](https://github.com/golang/lint/issues/89))
 
 ```toml
 [rule.var-naming]

RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ List of all available rules.
   - [if-return](#if-return)
   - [import-alias-naming](#import-alias-naming)
   - [import-shadowing](#import-shadowing)
-  - [imports-blacklist](#imports-blacklist)
+  - [imports-blocklist](#imports-blocklist)
   - [increment-decrement](#increment-decrement)
   - [indent-error-flow](#indent-error-flow)
   - [line-length-limit](#line-length-limit)
@@ -570,16 +570,16 @@ name of an imported package. This rule spots identifiers that shadow an import.
 
 _Configuration_: N/A
 
-## imports-blacklist
+## imports-blocklist
 
-_Description_: Warns when importing black-listed packages.
+_Description_: Warns when importing block-listed packages.
 
-_Configuration_: black-list of package names (or regular expression package names).
+_Configuration_: block-list of package names (or regular expression package names).
 
 Example:
 
 ```toml
-[imports-blacklist]
+[imports-blocklist]
   arguments =["crypto/md5", "crypto/sha1", "crypto/**/pkix"]
 ```
 
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ _Description_: This rule warns when [initialism](https://github.com/golang/go/wi
 
 _Configuration_: This rule accepts two slices of strings and one optional slice with single map with named parameters.
 (it's due to TOML hasn't "slice of any" and we keep backward compatibility with previous config version)
-First slice is a whitelist and second one is a blacklist of initialisms.
+First slice is an allowlist and second one is a blocklist of initialisms.
 In map, you can add "upperCaseConst=true" parameter to allow `UPPER_CASE` for `const`
 By default, the rule behaves exactly as the alternative in `golint` but optionally, you can relax it (see [golint/lint/issues/89](https://github.com/golang/lint/issues/89))
 

config/config.go

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ var allRules = append([]lint.Rule{
 	&rule.ModifiesValRecRule{},
 	&rule.ConstantLogicalExprRule{},
 	&rule.BoolLiteralRule{},
-	&rule.ImportsBlacklistRule{},
 	&rule.ImportsBlocklistRule{},
 	&rule.FunctionResultsLimitRule{},
 	&rule.MaxPublicStructsRule{},
@@ -132,7 +131,8 @@ func GetLintingRules(config *lint.Config, extraRules []lint.Rule) ([]lint.Rule,
 
 	var lintingRules []lint.Rule
 	for name, ruleConfig := range config.Rules {
-		r, ok := rulesMap[name]
+		actualName := actualRuleName(name)
+		r, ok := rulesMap[actualName]
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot find rule: %s", name)
 		}
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ func GetLintingRules(config *lint.Config, extraRules []lint.Rule) ([]lint.Rule,
 	return lintingRules, nil
 }
 
+func actualRuleName(name string) string {
+	switch name {
+	case "imports-blacklist":
+		return "imports-blocklist"
+	default:
+		return name
+	}
+}
+
 func parseConfig(path string, config *lint.Config) error {
 	file, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {

rule/var-naming.go

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ func (r *VarNamingRule) configure(arguments lint.Arguments) {
 
 	r.configured = true
 	if len(arguments) >= 1 {
-		r.allowlist = getList(arguments[0], "whitelist")
+		r.allowlist = getList(arguments[0], "allowlist")
 	}
 
 	if len(arguments) >= 2 {
-		r.blocklist = getList(arguments[1], "blacklist")
+		r.blocklist = getList(arguments[1], "blocklist")
 	}
 
 	if len(arguments) >= 3 {