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maven IDE hook for `jj fix`

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by tracing Spotless's Maven plugin integration and formatter execution path, then compare them with the jj fix stdin/stdout contract in the linked CLI reference. Done means the Maven-based integration can consume current file content on standard input, emit formatted content on standard output, and handle exit and standard-error behavior as described.

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Description

enhancement

Hi,

I am trying to setup jujutsu so that it runs spotless (configured using the maven plugin in my repository) when using jj fix, see https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/cli-reference/#jj-fix.

The problem is that the requirement from jujutsu is that the tool that does formatting should respect the following rule:

The external tools must accept the current file content on standard input, and return the updated file content on standard output. A tool's output will not be used unless it exits with a successful exit code. Output on standard error will be passed through to the terminal.

Would that be something that could be added to spotless?

Thanks!

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