JoshuaKGoldberg / JoshuaKGoldberg/formatly
🚀 Feature: --dry-run flag to report the detected formatter without formatting
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- TypeScript
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Description
> [pending] will clean up this text
### Feature Request Checklist
- [x] I have pulled the latest `main` branch of the repository.
- [x] I have [searched for related issues](https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/formatly/issues?q=is%3Aissue) and found none that matched my issue.
### Overview
Followup to #123, which asked for both printing the detected formatter and a `--dry-run` flag. #570 implements the printing; this is the remaining flag, which would report which formatter was detected and what would run, without formatting anything.
### Additional Info
Original ideas from @rubiesonthesky in #123.
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing the CLI argument handling and formatter-selection flow, then verify that the new flag reports the detected formatter and planned action without changing files; add or run coverage for the dry-run behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100