Cannot compile unless code is first committed.

On our project, we just added the plugin and formatted our entire codebase (which worked great, BTW).

But when I try to compile our project I’m now getting the following error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.cosium.code:maven-git-code-format:1.36:validate-code-format (validate-code-format) on project ktc-services: /Users/mcpierce/Repositories/know-the-costs/ktc-services/src/main/java/com/outpatientservicesllc/persistence/service/WorkQueueService.java is not correctly formatted ! -> [Help 1]

Even though our entire codebase was formatted by the plugin. If I git commit the code, without changing it, the build runs fine.

I should also add that I’m using the google-java-format plugin for IntellJ to format code as I go, so the code being saved as pre-formatted correctly.

[mcpierce]

@reda-alaoui Okay, understood. We’ll adjust our system to use a profile for CI that runs the check at build time. Thank you!

[reda-alaoui]

I think I understand more clearly your issue.

I bet you are using mvn install to perform your build. install triggers the verify phase.

By default, validate-code-format is bound to maven verify phase. The purpose of validate-code-format is to make the CI fail the build if it find badly formatted files in the git repo. Badly formatted files could be committed/pushed because of a developer that commit without ever running maven (i.e. no installed hooks) or a ‘malicious’ developer that manually removed the hook. The CI is then the last defense against this.

Disabling validate-code-format will only remove this guard. The pre-commit formatting will keep working without any issue.

If you want to keep validate-code-format for the CI while being able to run mvn install locally despite badly formatted files, you have to move it into a maven profile that would be enabled by your CI only.