* Fix lint issues: whitespace linter
* Fix lint issues: wrapcheck linter
* Fix lint issues: errcheck linter
* Fix lint issues: paralleltest linter
* Fix lint issues: gocritic linter
Most changes from this commit are from passing checker.CheckResult by reference and not by value. gocritic identified that as a huge parameter.
gocritic also prefers regexp.MustCompile over Compile when the pattern is a const
Validated the presence of the GITHU_AUTH_TOKEN variable presence before running the e2e.
Update the contributing doc with scopes of the personal access token.
Updated the workflow to include the e2e tests.
* Updated the contributing guidelines with Environment Setup,
Contributing steps, How to build scorecard locally, What to do before
submitting a pull request and Where the CI Tests are configured.
Signed-off-by: naveen <172697+naveensrinivasan@users.noreply.github.com>