Merge pull request #187 from max/rc/1.23

Add change notes for 1.23.

Author: Shati Patel

change-notes/1.23/analysis-go.md

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+# Improvements to Go analysis
+
+## New queries
+
+| **Query**                                                                 | **Tags**                                                                   | **Purpose**                                                                                                                                            |
+|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Clear-text logging of sensitive information (`go/clear-text-logging`)     | security, external/cwe/cwe-312, external/cwe/cwe-315, external/cwe/cwe-359 | Highlights code that writes sensitive information to a log file or to the console without encryption or hashing. Results are shown on LGTM by default. |
+| Open URL redirect (`go/unvalidated-url-redirection`)                      | security, external/cwe/cwe-601                                             | Highlights code that redirects to a URL that may be controlled by an attacker. Results are shown on LGTM by default.                                   |
+
+## Changes to existing queries
+
+| **Query**                                           | **Expected impact**          | **Change**                                                |
+|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
+| Expression has no effect (`go/useless-expression`)  | Fewer false positive reuslts | This query no longer flags calls to empty stub functions. |
+| Hard-coded credentials (`go/hardcoded-credentials`) | Fewer false positive results | This query now recognizes more placeholder credentials.   |