From 7402fc23db95fe439d439cd1a792c725e510057e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PatrickLaabs <patrick.laabs@me.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:51:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Denying deprecated pointer package in golangci-linters config

---
 hack/golangci-hints.yaml | 6 ++++++
 hack/golangci.yaml       | 6 ++++++
 hack/golangci.yaml.in    | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 5d54b511c5c..c47c3046875 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ linters:
             #         - fruit
     depguard:
       rules:
+        utils:
+          files:
+            - $all
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+              desc: "k8s.io/utils/pointer shall no longer be used, please use k8s.io/utils/ptr."
         go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index fa853d4afa5..adbfeee2ed9 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -387,6 +387,12 @@ linters:
             #         - fruit
     depguard:
       rules:
+        utils:
+          files:
+            - $all
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+              desc: "k8s.io/utils/pointer shall no longer be used, please use k8s.io/utils/ptr."
         go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml.in b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
index 13da763a9a8..b3c95a4442f 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml.in
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ linters:
           {{include "hack/kube-api-linter/kube-api-linter.yaml" | indent 10 | trim}}
     depguard:
       rules:
+        utils:
+          files:
+            - $all
+          deny:
+            - pkg: "k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+              desc: "k8s.io/utils/pointer shall no longer be used, please use k8s.io/utils/ptr."
         go-cmp:
           files:
             - $all