rest-for-physics / rest-for-physics/framework
Issue with XML formatting
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Description
Hi! Since few months ago, a mechanism to reformat XML files was implemented in git to fix the formatting of XML files to a common style. This is really great, however, the resulting XML gets an undesired shape for my taste. The problem is that I like to differentiate groups of parameters or even give some distance between different metadata member definitions (using a line space as it is shown on the following screenshot) that allows me to visualise a relation of proximity between those parameters.
The problem is that after automatic XML formatting the line spaces are removed. Could the white space removal be skipped? Or, perhaps we could avoid XML formatting?
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the git mechanism that reformats XML, then determine whether it can preserve intentional blank lines or be disabled; done means formatting no longer removes the reported spacing without breaking the common XML style.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100