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Inconsistent formatting (first pass, second pass results in a different output).

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3/5
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1-2 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling

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Reproduce the issue with the Java snippet in src.java and the google-java-format-1.27.0-all-deps.jar commands shown, then compare 1.java and 2.java. Done means running the formatter repeatedly produces identical output, with no diff between the first and second formatted files.

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Description

This class:

class Xyz {
  void foo() {
    int i = 0;
switch (i) {
          case 18:
            { /* Break so we don't hit fall-through warning: */ break;/* ignore STRING */
            }
          }}}

results in a different output when you run gjf multiple times:

$ java -jar google-java-format-1.27.0-all-deps.jar src.java > 1.java
$ java -jar google-java-format-1.27.0-all-deps.jar 1.java > 2.java
$ diff 1.java 2.java 
7c7
<             /* Break so we don't hit fall-through warning: */
---
>           /* Break so we don't hit fall-through warning: */
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