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`spotlessCheck` could add comments and suggested fix to GitHub PR

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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
github, java

Research direction

The issue names no source files or tests. Start by reviewing the linked violation-comments-to-github-plugin and how spotlessCheck reports failures; define the GitHub PR comment and suggested-fix behavior, then verify the completed integration.

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Description

enhancement
Dominant language
Java
Stars
5.7k
Forks
560
Avg merge
1d 13h
Merged PRs (30d)
43

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First steps

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  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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