"apwalker" wrote : I find it's ok to make formatting changes but just don't do it in a commit that contains code changes. I would do it in a separate commit that only contains formatting changes with a commit message that reflects this. | | just my 2cents | | --Aaron +1. Auto format in the same commit can make it hard to see what the original commit was about, hard to view using a diff, and all our commits should be traceable to the JIRA task which should have the JIRA change and only the JIRA change in it. The other problem with auto formatting is everyone seems to have a different idea what "proper" formatting is. This only gets worse to standardise when everyone is using different IDEs. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4163480#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...