methods / formatting

Formatting and hygiene

Normalises layout, spelling and file hygiene so the diff only shows what changed.

When: On every change, before anything else. Almost always autofixable: run the fix, then commit.

64% of scanned repositories run at least one

8 tools detected

Formatting

called for by: any change

Catches: Layout drift that buries the real change in the diff.

Tool	Languages	Repos	Command seen	Fix	Docs
`prettier`	javascript, typescript, yaml, config, docs	98	`prettier --write .`	autofix	docs
`rustfmt`	rust	46	`cargo fmt --check`	autofix	docs
`ruff-format`	python	43	`ruff format .`	autofix	docs
`black`	python	14	`black ${VENDORED_TYPESHED}/stdlib --config ${VENDORED_TYPESHED}/pyp...`	autofix	docs
`isort`	python	9	`isort --check-only --diff django tests scripts`	autofix	docs
`gofmt`	go	7	`go fmt ./...`	autofix	docs

called for by: ci workflows and configuration files

Catches: Invalid JSON, YAML or TOML, merge markers, trailing whitespace, oversized files.

Tool	Languages	Repos	Command seen	Fix	Docs
`pre-commit-hooks`	any	33	`pre-commit hook end-of-file-fixer`	autofix	docs

called for by: documentation and comments

Catches: Typos in identifiers, comments and docs.

Tool	Languages	Repos	Command seen	Fix	Docs
`codespell`	any	22	`codespell`		docs