LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
[FEATURE REQUEST] Invoke code formatting from CLI
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Description
I have a project with 3K+ Lua files I need to format. The problem is if I use something like [this](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbockle.jbockle-format-files) it takes forever. I disabled diagnostics like this:
```json
"Lua.diagnostics.enable": false,
"Lua.diagnostics.workspaceDelay": 10000,
"Lua.diagnostics.workspaceRate": 1,
"Lua.diagnostics.disableScheme": ["git", "."]
```
Yet for some reason `lua-language-server` triggers diagnostics all the time and it slows down the process.
So, it would be great to trigger code formatting from CLI without doing any diagnostics.
I tried [this tool](https://github.com/Koihik/LuaFormatter) but it has different styling by default so it was not really helpful, but it's blazing fast.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the language server's existing formatting entry point and CLI argument handling; the issue does not name specific files or tests. The work is done when formatting can be invoked from the CLI for large Lua projects without triggering diagnostics and preserves the language server's styling.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100