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google-java-format-region always format the whole buffer

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
emacs, java
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the Emacs package implementation of google-java-format-region, then reproduce the issue with an active region. Trace how the region is passed to the formatter. Done means the command formats only the selected region rather than the whole buffer.

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Description

This is found in the emacs package,

Now, command google-java-format-region always formats the whole buffer, the current active region seems being omitted and didn't take into consideration.

Tried to look into and understand the code, but didn't find anything I could find out..

Can help to look into it?

thanks :)

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