Bind to maven phase is not working

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#2,112 opened on May 14, 2024 2 comments 5 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: java
Domain: build-system

Research direction

Start with the linked reproduction repository and its Maven configuration, then run mvn verify after introducing the described indentation error. Compare the configured validate and verify executions with the expected failure and the observed formatting, and consider the issue addressed when verify runs the goals in the intended order without applying changes unexpectedly.

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Summary:
Applying the spotless maven plugin to specific phases is not working. For example, having binded check to validate phase and apply to verify, running verify also applies spotless.
Plugin goals run correctly individually eg mvn spotless:check

public git repo with example: https://gitlab.com/thahgr/spotless-maven-phases-test

to reproduce

modify a file adding an incorrect identation (eg new line)
run mvn verify

expected: the command should fail because spotless check failed
actual: the command succeeds while writing files with spotless::apply

versions:
maven: 3.8.1
java: 17
spotless: 2.43.0
google-java-plugin: 1.22.0
os: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Spotless configuration

<configuration>
    <java>
        <importOrder/>
        <removeUnusedImports/>
        <googleJavaFormat>
            <version>${google.java.format.version}</version>
            <style>GOOGLE</style>
            <reflowLongStrings>true</reflowLongStrings>
        </googleJavaFormat>
    </java>
    <lineEndings>UNIX</lineEndings>
</configuration>

<executions>
    <execution>
        <id>spotless-check</id>
        <goals>
            <goal>check</goal>
        </goals>
        <phase>verify</phase>
    </execution>
    <execution>
        <id>spotless-apply</id>
        <goals>
            <goal>apply</goal>
        </goals>
        <phase>validate</phase>
    </execution>
</executions>

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