lint: disable thelper linter

.golangci.yml

@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ linters:
     # Disable nil check to allow returning multiple nil values.
     - nilnil
     
+    # We often split tests into separate test functions. If we are forced to
+    # call t.Helper() within those functions, we lose the information where
+    # exactly a test failed in the generated failure stack trace.
+    - thelper
+
 
 issues:
   # Only show newly introduced problems.