ADFA-5262: Keep Spotless reformats out of functional commits - #1737
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The file-level ratchet turns a one-line edit into a whole-file reindent, and the pre-push hook's "stage and commit the changes" prompt invites folding that churn into the behavioral commit. State the rule where the ratchet is already explained -- commit the reformat standalone -- plus the format-first move that keeps the functional diff clean by construction.
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WalkthroughThe Spotless guidance now documents a file-level reformat workflow. It separates formatter-only commits from behavioral commits and requires formatting before functional edits. ChangesSpotless workflow guidance
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In `@CLAUDE.md`:
- Line 66: Update the Spotless command documented in the formatting workflow to
invoke Gradle through the required Flox wrapper, changing the bare spotlessApply
invocation to use “flox activate -d flox/local -- ./gradlew spotlessApply” while
preserving the surrounding hook guidance.
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| **Tabs** for indentation, **LF** line endings — enforced by **Spotless**. The `ratchetFrom = origin/stage` ratchet is **file-level, not line-level**: it checks every file that differs from `origin/stage` and reformats each such file *in full*, so editing even one line of a file whose existing indentation doesn't conform (e.g. a layout XML using 4 spaces) pulls the **whole file** under the ratchet and requires reindenting it to tabs — a one-line edit can become a whole-file reformat. Java uses the **Eclipse** formatter (`spotless.eclipse-java.xml`, with member sorting + import ordering); Kotlin and `*.gradle.kts` use **ktlint**; XML uses the **Eclipse WTP** formatter. Run `./gradlew spotlessApply` to fix formatting before pushing — the `.githooks` pre-push hook does this automatically once hooks are installed and enabled (`sh ./scripts/install-git-hooks.sh`, no conflicting `core.hooksPath`). Branch names must match `.../ADFA-#####` (3–5 digits) — see CONTRIBUTING.md; a pre-commit hook enforces it (`sh ./scripts/install-git-hooks.sh`). | ||
| **Tabs** for indentation, **LF** line endings — enforced by **Spotless**. The `ratchetFrom = origin/stage` ratchet is **file-level, not line-level**: it checks every file that differs from `origin/stage` and reformats each such file *in full*, so editing even one line of a file whose existing indentation doesn't conform (e.g. a layout XML using 4 spaces) pulls the **whole file** under the ratchet and requires reindenting it to tabs — a one-line edit can become a whole-file reformat. That reformat is reviewer noise: commit it **standalone** (`style: spotless reformat, no functional change`), never `--amend`ed into a behavioral commit and never mixed with one. Better, do it *first* — append a blank line to each file you are about to touch (this enrolls it in the ratchet; `endWithNewline()` strips it back out), run `spotlessApply`, commit that, then make the functional change against an already-conforming file. Java uses the **Eclipse** formatter (`spotless.eclipse-java.xml`, with member sorting + import ordering); Kotlin and `*.gradle.kts` use **ktlint**; XML uses the **Eclipse WTP** formatter. Run `./gradlew spotlessApply` to fix formatting before pushing — the `.githooks` pre-push hook does this automatically once hooks are installed and enabled (`sh ./scripts/install-git-hooks.sh`, no conflicting `core.hooksPath`). Branch names must match `.../ADFA-#####` (3–5 digits) — see CONTRIBUTING.md; a pre-commit hook enforces it (`sh ./scripts/install-git-hooks.sh`). |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use the required Flox wrapper for spotlessApply.
Line 66 documents bare ./gradlew spotlessApply, but Lines 11-15 require every Gradle invocation to use flox activate -d flox/local --. Document flox activate -d flox/local -- ./gradlew spotlessApply to keep the workflow consistent.
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In `@CLAUDE.md` at line 66, Update the Spotless command documented in the
formatting workflow to invoke Gradle through the required Flox wrapper, changing
the bare spotlessApply invocation to use “flox activate -d flox/local --
./gradlew spotlessApply” while preserving the surrounding hook guidance.
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Closes ADFA-5262.
Problem
Two things push Spotless churn into functional commits:
ratchetFrom = "origin/stage"(build.gradle.kts:157) is file-level, so editing one line of a non-conforming file reindents the whole file. A one-line fix arrives as a several-hundred-line diff..githooks/pre-push/0001-run-spotless) runsspotlessApplyon failure and says "Please stage and commit the changes" — which invites an--amendinto the commit you were pushing.CLAUDE.md already says to keep mechanical commits separate from behavioral ones, but that guidance sits inside the "Plan and size before building" bullet and is gated on the change being large, so it never fires for a small fix that drags a whole-file reindent along.
Change
One sentence pair added to the Code style paragraph, immediately after the sentence that already explains the ratchet and ends with "a one-line edit can become a whole-file reformat" — the problem was already stated there; the conclusion was missing.
The rule: commit the reformat standalone, never
--amended into a behavioral commit. Plus the format-first move that keeps the functional diff clean by construction — enroll the files,spotlessApply, commit, then edit.The enrolling blank line is needed because the ratchet only inspects files that already differ from
origin/stage;endWithNewline()+trimTrailingWhitespace()run on every format, so it is stripped by the samespotlessApply.Verification
spotlessCheckpassed via the pre-push hook (BUILD SUCCESSFUL, 2m48s).*.gradle.kts, XML,**/.gitignore). No code, no UI, so no font-scale check applies.