diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a3c2ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: build and vet
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches_ignore: []
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: ['1.15', '1.16', '1.17', '1.18', '1.19', '1.20']
+
+    name: build and vet
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: go/src/github.com/vbatts/tar-split
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+
+      - name: vet and build
+        env:
+          GOPATH: /home/runner/work/tar-split/tar-split/go
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
+          cd go/src/github.com/vbatts/tar-split
+          go test -v ./...
+          go vet -v ./...
+          go build -v ./...
+          #go run mage.go -v vet build test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf62b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: lint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches_ignore: []
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go: ['1.20']
+
+    name: Linting
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: go/src/github.com/vbatts/tar-split
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+
+      - name: lint
+        env:
+          GOPATH: /home/runner/work/tar-split/tar-split/go
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          #curl -sSL https://github.com/magefile/mage/releases/download/v1.14.0/mage_1.14.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz | tar -xzv mage && mv mage $GOPATH/bin/
+          go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.51.2
+          export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
+          cd go/src/github.com/vbatts/tar-split
+          golangci-lint run
+          #go run mage.go -v lint
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2139f6..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-language: go
-arch:
-  - amd64
-  - ppc64le
-go:
-  - tip
-  - 1.15.x
-  - 1.14.x
-  - 1.13.x
-  - 1.12.x
-  - 1.11.x
-  - 1.10.x
-
-# let us have pretty, fast Docker-based Travis workers!
-sudo: false
-
-install:
-  - go get -d ./...
-
-script:
-  - go test -v ./...
-  - go vet ./...
diff --git a/archive/tar/reader.go b/archive/tar/reader.go
index ea64a38..fcf3215 100644
--- a/archive/tar/reader.go
+++ b/archive/tar/reader.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type fileReader interface {
 // RawBytes accesses the raw bytes of the archive, apart from the file payload itself.
 // This includes the header and padding.
 //
-// This call resets the current rawbytes buffer
+// # This call resets the current rawbytes buffer
 //
 // Only when RawAccounting is enabled, otherwise this returns nil
 func (tr *Reader) RawBytes() []byte {
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ func (tr *Reader) next() (*Header, error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			if hdr.Typeflag == TypeXGlobalHeader {
-				mergePAX(hdr, paxHdrs)
+				if err = mergePAX(hdr, paxHdrs); err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
 				return &Header{
 					Name:       hdr.Name,
 					Typeflag:   hdr.Typeflag,
@@ -381,9 +383,9 @@ func parsePAX(r io.Reader) (map[string]string, error) {
 // header in case further processing is required.
 //
 // The err will be set to io.EOF only when one of the following occurs:
-//	* Exactly 0 bytes are read and EOF is hit.
-//	* Exactly 1 block of zeros is read and EOF is hit.
-//	* At least 2 blocks of zeros are read.
+//   - Exactly 0 bytes are read and EOF is hit.
+//   - Exactly 1 block of zeros is read and EOF is hit.
+//   - At least 2 blocks of zeros are read.
 func (tr *Reader) readHeader() (*Header, *block, error) {
 	// Two blocks of zero bytes marks the end of the archive.
 	n, err := io.ReadFull(tr.r, tr.blk[:])
diff --git a/archive/tar/tar_test.go b/archive/tar/tar_test.go
index 6227e24..f1ce7fb 100644
--- a/archive/tar/tar_test.go
+++ b/archive/tar/tar_test.go
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ func Benchmark(b *testing.B) {
 			// Write the archive to a byte buffer.
 			tw := NewWriter(&buf)
 			for _, file := range v.files {
-				tw.WriteHeader(file.hdr)
-				tw.Write(file.body)
+				_ = tw.WriteHeader(file.hdr)
+				_, _ = tw.Write(file.body)
 			}
 			tw.Close()
 			b.Run(v.label, func(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/cmd/tar-split/tar_benchmark_test.go b/cmd/tar-split/tar_benchmark_test.go
index f318645..950eccc 100644
--- a/cmd/tar-split/tar_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/cmd/tar-split/tar_benchmark_test.go
@@ -29,9 +29,14 @@ func BenchmarkUpstreamTar(b *testing.B) {
 				fh.Close()
 				b.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			_, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+		if err := fh.Close(); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		fh.Close()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -52,9 +57,14 @@ func BenchmarkOurTarNoAccounting(b *testing.B) {
 				fh.Close()
 				b.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			_, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+		if err := fh.Close(); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		fh.Close()
 	}
 }
 func BenchmarkOurTarYesAccounting(b *testing.B) {
@@ -76,9 +86,14 @@ func BenchmarkOurTarYesAccounting(b *testing.B) {
 				fh.Close()
 				b.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			_, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatal(err)
+			}
 			_ = tr.RawBytes()
 		}
-		fh.Close()
+		if err := fh.Close(); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tar/asm/assemble.go b/tar/asm/assemble.go
index d624450..3eb32ab 100644
--- a/tar/asm/assemble.go
+++ b/tar/asm/assemble.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ func WriteOutputTarStream(fg storage.FileGetter, up storage.Unpacker, w io.Write
 				crcSum = make([]byte, 8)
 				multiWriter = io.MultiWriter(w, crcHash)
 				copyBuffer = byteBufferPool.Get().([]byte)
+				// TODO once we have some benchmark or memory profile then we can experiment with using *bytes.Buffer
+				//nolint:staticcheck // SA6002 not going to do a pointer here
 				defer byteBufferPool.Put(copyBuffer)
 			} else {
 				crcHash.Reset()
diff --git a/tar/asm/disassemble_test.go b/tar/asm/disassemble_test.go
index 4e45714..4141aa0 100644
--- a/tar/asm/disassemble_test.go
+++ b/tar/asm/disassemble_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ func TestLargeJunkPadding(t *testing.T) {
 		tw := tar.NewWriter(pW)
 		if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
 			pW.CloseWithError(err)
-			t.Fatal(err)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ func TestLargeJunkPadding(t *testing.T) {
 		devZero, err := os.Open("/dev/zero")
 		if err != nil {
 			pW.CloseWithError(err)
-			t.Fatal(err)
 			return
 		}
 		defer devZero.Close()
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ func TestLargeJunkPadding(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			if _, err := io.CopyN(pW, devZero, junkChunkSize); err != nil {
 				pW.CloseWithError(err)
-				t.Fatal(err)
 				return
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tar/storage/packer_test.go b/tar/storage/packer_test.go
index 7d93371..2d8f2b6 100644
--- a/tar/storage/packer_test.go
+++ b/tar/storage/packer_test.go
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ func BenchmarkGetPut(b *testing.B) {
 						b.Fatal(err)
 					}
 				}
-				fh.Sync()
+				if err := fh.Sync(); err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
 
 				up := NewJSONUnpacker(fh)
 				for {