On Sun, Dec 28, 2025, 11:13 Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 12/28/2025 14:31, Ryan Schmitt wrote:
> > I want to brainstorm improvements we could pursue to the httpcomponents
> > build system. This is not a Maven vs Gradle discussion but rather a
> > discussion about what features would make our lives easier.
> >
> ...>
> > 2. Code formatting. I'm wasting my life dealing with constant Checkstyle
> > errors, and I'd rather just run an automated code formatter.
> >
>
> Code style is another potentially inflammatory subject. I would be
> *strongly* against any post-commit automation that re-formats and
> commits formatting changes to the repository.
>
> Event now there is nothing stopping one from
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> 1. creating a code style scheme for IntelliJ
> 2. extending project's code style to match the IntelliJ scheme [1]
> 3. re-formatting the entire code base *once* and committing a single commit
> 4. living happily ever after
>

Unless you don't use IntelliJ...

Spotless is one I've seen in use here and there (like Log4j).

Gary


> Oleg
>
> [1] https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-stylecheck
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