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Sorting properties files

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
tooling

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; start by locating Spotless's properties-file formatter entry point and related tests. Confirm the expected alphabetical ordering, and consider the work done when properties files are sorted consistently without breaking existing formatter behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Properties files are often subject to scm merge conflicts.

It would be nice for spotless to have the ability to sort them alphabetically.

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