superfluous-else: if block ends with call to panic function, so drop this else and outdent its block (revive)

dot-imports: should not use dot imports (revive)

indent-error-flow: if block ends with a return statement, so drop this else and outdent its block (move short variable declaration to its own line if necessary) (revive)

issues found

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