diff --git a/internal/core/compile/builtin.go b/internal/core/compile/builtin.go
index 4178b57a71a..62c6acc04a2 100644
--- a/internal/core/compile/builtin.go
+++ b/internal/core/compile/builtin.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 const supportedByLen = adt.StructKind | adt.BytesKind | adt.StringKind | adt.ListKind
 
 var (
-	stringParam = adt.Param{Value: &adt.BasicType{K: adt.StringKind}}
 	structParam = adt.Param{Value: &adt.BasicType{K: adt.StructKind}}
 	listParam   = adt.Param{Value: &adt.BasicType{K: adt.ListKind}}
 	intParam    = adt.Param{Value: &adt.BasicType{K: adt.IntKind}}
diff --git a/internal/vcs/vcs_test.go b/internal/vcs/vcs_test.go
index 459366be708..947e9a111e6 100644
--- a/internal/vcs/vcs_test.go
+++ b/internal/vcs/vcs_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func TestGit(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "bar.txt"), []byte("something else"), 0o666)
 	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNil(err))
 	statuschanged, err := v.Status(ctx)
+	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNil(err))
 	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsTrue(statuschanged.Uncommitted))
 	status1, err := v.Status(ctx, subdir)
 	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNil(err))
diff --git a/pkg/path/match.go b/pkg/path/match.go
index 4e191cb7266..fe1a5d0a658 100644
--- a/pkg/path/match.go
+++ b/pkg/path/match.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Pattern:
 		// Before returning false with no error,
 		// check that the remainder of the pattern is syntactically valid.
 		for len(pattern) > 0 {
-			_, chunk, pattern, err = scanChunk(pattern, os)
+			_, _, pattern, err = scanChunk(pattern, os)
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/tool/cli/cli.go b/pkg/tool/cli/cli.go
index 3efd7ab172f..32f80bc9624 100644
--- a/pkg/tool/cli/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/tool/cli/cli.go
@@ -94,12 +94,7 @@ func (c *askCmd) Run(ctx *task.Context) (res interface{}, err error) {
 
 	switch v := ctx.Lookup("response"); v.IncompleteKind() {
 	case cue.BoolKind:
-		switch strings.ToLower(response) {
-		case "yes":
-			update["response"] = true
-		default:
-			update["response"] = false
-		}
+		update["response"] = strings.ToLower(response) == "yes"
 	case cue.StringKind:
 		// already set above
 	}