Changelog for #2372 (ref #2371)

package.xml

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     -- Use --filter=gitstaged to check these files
     -- You still need to give PHPCS a list of files or directories in which to apply the filter
     -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the contribution
+  - Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent no longer performs exact indents checking for chained method calls
+    -- Other sniffs can be used to enforce chained method call indent rules
+    -- Thanks to Pieter Frenssen for the patch
   - PSR2.ControlStructures.ControlStructureSpacing now allows whitespace after the opening parenthesis if followed by a comment
     -- Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
   - The T_LIST token and it's opening and closing parentheses now contain references to each other in the tokens array

src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentSniff.php

@@ -922,6 +922,15 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                 $exact = true;
             }
 
+            // Don't perform strict checking on chained method calls since they
+            // are often covered by custom rules.
+            if ($checkToken !== null
+                && $tokens[$checkToken]['code'] === T_OBJECT_OPERATOR
+                && $exact === true
+            ) {
+                $exact = false;
+            }
+
             if ($checkIndent === null) {
                 $checkIndent = $currentIndent;
             }

src/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.3.inc

@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ if ($foo) {
       'compression' => $compression,
     ] = $options;
 }
+
+$this->foo()
+    ->bar()
+    ->baz();

src/Standards/Generic/Tests/WhiteSpace/ScopeIndentUnitTest.3.inc.fixed

@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ if ($foo) {
       'compression' => $compression,
     ] = $options;
 }
+
+$this->foo()
+    ->bar()
+    ->baz();