ci: Fix linter complaint (backport #9645) (#9646)

* ci: Fix linter complaint (#9645)

Fixes a very silly linter complaint that makes absolutely no sense and is blocking the merging of several PRs.

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#### PR checklist

- [x] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [x] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
- [x] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/`) and code comments, or no
      documentation updates needed

(cherry picked from commit 83b7f4ad5b)

# Conflicts:
#	.github/workflows/lint.yml
#	cmd/tendermint/commands/debug/util.go

* Resolve conflicts

Signed-off-by: Thane Thomson <connect@thanethomson.com>

* Fix remaining lints

Signed-off-by: Thane Thomson <connect@thanethomson.com>

Signed-off-by: Thane Thomson <connect@thanethomson.com>
Co-authored-by: Thane Thomson <connect@thanethomson.com>

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             go.sum
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and
-          # must be specified without patch version: we always use the
-          # latest patch version.
-          version: v1.47.3
+          version: v1.50.1
           args: --timeout 10m
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
         if: env.GIT_DIFF