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rycus86/release-watcher: main.go; 30 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [rycus86/release-watcher](https://www.github.com/rycus86/release-watcher) at [main.go](https://github.com/rycus86/release-watcher/blob/106b4db6dfcfd04c13bda67ede429ece6e79f8b1/main.go#L61-L90)

Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first
issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.

> function call which takes a reference to release at line 81 may start a goroutine

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/rycus86/release-watcher/blob/106b4db6dfcfd04c13bda67ede429ece6e79f8b1/main.go#L61-L90)

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```go
for _, release := range releases {
filter := release.Project.GetFilter()

matched, err := regexp.MatchString(filter, release.Name)
if !matched || err != nil {
continue
}

if db.Exists(release) {
break
}

log.Println(
"[", release.Provider.GetName(), "]",
"New release :", release.Project, ":", release.Name)

if err := db.Mark(release); err != nil {
log.Println("Failed to save the new version:", err)
}

webhookSender.Send(&release)

if !hasNewRelease {
hasNewRelease = true

if err := notifier.SendNotification(&release); err != nil {
log.Println("Failed to send notifications:", err)
}
}
}

```

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```
The following graphviz dot graph describes paths through the callgraph that could lead to a function calling a goroutine:
digraph G {
"(Send, 1)" -> {}
}

```

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commit ID: 106b4db6dfcfd04c13bda67ede429ece6e79f8b1

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