5 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index f3e2e4d6d..8d9a255ec 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 			"Optional parent cgroup for the container",
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cgroupParentFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
-		conmonPidfileFlagName := ""
+		var conmonPidfileFlagName string
 		if !isInfra {
 			conmonPidfileFlagName = "conmon-pidfile"
 		} else {
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(conmonPidfileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
-		entrypointFlagName := ""
+		var entrypointFlagName string
 		if !isInfra {
 			entrypointFlagName = "entrypoint"
 		} else {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go b/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go
index d095d24ba..8a1473608 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ func clone(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	case 3:
 		ctrClone.CreateOpts.Name = args[1]
 		ctrClone.Image = args[2]
-		rawImageName := ""
 		if !cliVals.RootFS {
-			rawImageName = args[0]
+			rawImageName := args[0]
 			name, err := PullImage(ctrClone.Image, ctrClone.CreateOpts)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/build.go b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
index 729951a31..1f9e7ea9e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/build.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/build.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func buildFlagsWrapperToOptions(c *cobra.Command, contextDir string, flags *buil
 		}
 	}
 
-	cleanTmpFile := false
+	var cleanTmpFile bool
 	flags.Authfile, cleanTmpFile = buildahUtil.MirrorToTempFileIfPathIsDescriptor(flags.Authfile)
 	if cleanTmpFile {
 		defer os.Remove(flags.Authfile)
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func buildFlagsWrapperToOptions(c *cobra.Command, contextDir string, flags *buil
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	format := ""
+	var format string
 	flags.Format = strings.ToLower(flags.Format)
 	switch {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(flags.Format, buildahDefine.OCI):
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/scp.go b/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
index d07a5d99d..1a1a9282f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func scp(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (finalErr error) {
 	}
 	locations := []*entities.ImageScpOptions{}
 	cliConnections := []string{}
-	flipConnections := false
+	var flipConnections bool
 	for _, arg := range args {
 		loc, connect, err := parseImageSCPArg(arg)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func loadToRemote(localFile string, tag string, url *urlP.URL, iden string) (str
 		errOut := strconv.Itoa(int(n)) + " Bytes copied before error"
 		return " ", errors.Wrapf(err, errOut)
 	}
-	run := ""
+	var run string
 	if tag != "" {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "Renaming of an image is currently not supported")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/search.go b/cmd/podman/images/search.go
index 292a1d060..aa11cf254 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/search.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/search.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func searchFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // imageSearch implements the command for searching images.
 func imageSearch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	searchTerm := ""
+	var searchTerm string
 	switch len(args) {
 	case 1:
 		searchTerm = args[0]