Hi everyone, any recommendations for tools that can be used either as pre-commit hooks or (preferabl...

# getting-started

[Ryan Smith]

Hi everyone, any recommendations for tools that can be used either as pre-commit hooks or (preferably) with Github Actions for opinionated code formatting? In the Python world I'm used to Black (https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) which can be used in so many ways to make sure everyone is on the same page w.r.t. code formatting. Is there something like this in the Kotlin world other than making everyone on a project use IntelliJ?

[Sam]

#ktlint has a code formatter

[Ryan Smith]

Thanks, Ill pop in there and take a look

[ephemient]

#detekt also has a formatting extension (using ktlint)

[ephemient]

or you can use the IntelliJ formatter: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/command-line-formatter.html

[ephemient]

there's also #ktfmt, which is a lot more opinionated

[ephemient]

(I'm using ktlint via kotlinter and detekt on my own projects)

[Ryan Smith]

Wow this is great, thank you @ephemient!

[Francis Mariano]

@ephemient why do you use kotlinter and detekt in your projects??? do they perform different things??

[ephemient]

there is some overlap if you use detekt-formatting, but otherwise, they check different things.

[Francis Mariano]

ok, thank you I will try them