From e6ffecafcad23e22b504d35971c099def6d57b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Sommer <115516918+juliansommer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:15:24 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] gofix: exclude stringsbuilder analyzer from modernize checks

---
 Makefile | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e2ff5e45..99e550751 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ vet:
 	go vet ./...
 	@echo "  go vet ok"
 
-#   newexpr — replaces aws.String() with new(), not idiomatic for AWS SDK code
-GOFIX_EXCLUDE := -newexpr=false
+# Excluded: newexpr (replaces aws.String with new, not idiomatic for AWS SDK)
+# Excluded: stringsbuilder (replaces string += in loops with strings.Builder, not worth the complexity for small loops)
+GOFIX_EXCLUDE := -newexpr=false -stringsbuilder=false
 
 # Apply go fix modernizations
 modernize: