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    <p>I am collaborating on a git-sourced, maven-managed Java project with differing code styling preferences with users using multiple IDE's (note 1). </p> <p>Is there a tool or IDE configuration that will allow code to be viewed and edited using <i>style-1</i>, but committed to SCM using <i>style-2</i>?</p> <p>My research points me to 'no', but a solution combining <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/ch7-3.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">git hooks</a> and <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Checkstyle</a>/<a href="http://jrefactory.sourceforge.net/csrefactory.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jrefactory</a> might be possible.</p> <p>So if 'no' to above, is there a tool/process that will perform the <i>TBD process</i> actions below?</p> <p>The checkout process flow for User1 would be:</p> <ol> <li><code>git pull</code> </li> <li><i>TBD process</i> formats code to User1 <i>style-1</i></li> <li>User1 works in their preferred IDE with <i>style-1</i> settings</li> </ol> <p>The commit workflow for User1 would be:</p> <ol> <li>User1 is ready to commit/push code</li> <li><i>TBD process</i> formats code to standard format <i>style-standard</i></li> <li><code>git push</code></li> </ol> <p><p> Note 1: multiple IDE's = Eclipse, IntelliJ, Netbeans.</p> <p>Note 2: My question differs from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4768370/are-there-any-tools-out-there-to-refactor-the-coding-style-of-a-java-code-base">this question</a> in that I'd like to focus on an IDE-related solution, since forcing the minority of standards-divergent users is probably a more efficient solution.</p> <p>Note 3: Acknowledging that this shouldn't be done for best-practices-reasons. However, if you grant that it's time expect more flexibility from our IDEs and SCMs, this question is intended to explore those solutions.</p>
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    1. COWe use [Checkstyle](http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/) here, which has plugins for the major IDEs, at least, and can also be integrated with CI build tools/repository hooks. Your best bet is to force everybody to edit/format everything pre-commit, because doing diffs in a different format is really difficult; at minimum, have the repository reject the commit if formatting the code turns up differences.
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    2. COI agree that the "force everybody" pre-commit strategy is the most efficient; my question is intended to focus more on "is there a way to allow users to view/edit in one style and **automatically** commit in another style; if so, example...". My noob-ish git skill level has not yet facilitated a solution.
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    3. CO....I doubt it - for one thing, it's usually best for coders to review their changes before checkin (otherwise, you have 'blind' commits). At which point, you don't want the 'noise' of differing formatting rules. So your options are either to force the format _before_ diff/commit, or change the diff generators to format the code first (which they generally can't do, because formatting changes are a valid change....)
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