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Deal with merge queue

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Start by reading the linked GitHub merge queue announcement and examining how Spotless currently interacts with pull requests and checks. Define the compatibility requirements and a concrete validation path before identifying the affected files or tests; done means Spotless works reliably with GitHub merge queue.

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Description

enhancement

It would be really handy if we were somehow compatible with GitHub merge queue

It's quite a headache in Spotless atm.

Dominant language
Java
Stars
49
Forks
2
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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