Respecting @formatter:on|off

[dibog]

Would it be possible that ktlint respect the @Formatter:on|off ?
It could check the content within the tags, but it should not format it.

[Tapchicoma]

Do you mean that the running lint should show errors, but running format should not modify it (though still show errors)?

[dibog]

Yes, but only within those blocks, outside the blocks it should work as usual. Or perhaps let a command line flag indicate if the content of the block should be checked / validated, too. I could image that there are parts of the program which should look ugly after auto formatting. And I would like to preserve those parts with those annotations.

[nedtwigg]

If you're using ktlint through Spotless, we just added support for on/off tags in plugin-gradle 5.5.0 (like this) and plugin-maven 2.3.0 (like this).