I think we should add this in, actually. The formatter is part of mix. If there's a way to either auto-create, warn, or tell the user what to do to create the formatter, that would be great.
I think using the method suggested by Wojtek is a bit too much for newcomers, or even may make elixir sound not so great if the solution is to create a new project and copy and paste the formatter file then remove the newly created project. On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:50 PM Wojtek Mach <[email protected]> wrote: > I am slightly -1 given, as you mentioned, you can very easily achieve it > today: > > cd /path/to/project && mix new foo && mv foo/.formatter.exs . && rm -rf foo > > > > > On 13 Dec 2020, at 12:30, eksperimental <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > It happens that when I want to update a project that has been created > > with an Elixir version prior to the introduction of the formatter, > > I need to manually copy a .formatter.exs file. So I need to create a > > new project and copy this file manually. > > > > What I propose is to add an option called --create-formatter-file which > > will create .formatter.exs only if this file does not exist. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/5fd5fb46.1c69fb81.8380c.8e31SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/22C0A984-F965-4431-A02B-ADA42FE0E1E5%40wojtekmach.pl > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAJuWSyJQJwg03un%3DhduB4N1TVqZ_sa0HAFETidBsWMZGGa9tkQ%40mail.gmail.com.
