problem with multi-module project about formatter-maven-plugin HOT 6 CLOSED

I just put the following in my parent:

    <eclipseFormatterStyle>${project.parent.basedir}/contrib/style.xml</eclipseFormatterStyle>

          <plugin>
            <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-java-formatter-plugin</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-java-formatter-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
              <configFile>${eclipseFormatterStyle}</configFile>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>

And, for any child modules deeper than 1 level, I just override ${eclipseFormatterStyle} appropriately.

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Just to make sure I understand it correctly: by "And, for any child modules deeper than 1 level, I just override ..." you mean you add this definition to pom.xml of each module?
Do you have an example project doing this?

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Hmm, actually... it looks like I don't override... I have all my modules inheriting from the same parent, so that line works for all of them. The Apache Accumulo project does this: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/blob/master/pom.xml#L129

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Or, you make formatter plugin run only once by setting inheritance to false
https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html#Using_the_inherited_Tag_In_Build_Plugins

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It worked! Great!
A side question: when I run mvn formatter:format it shows me:

[INFO] --- formatter-maven-plugin:0.5.2:format (default-cli) @ illinois-edison ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to format source files.
[INFO] Number of files to be formatted: 102
[INFO] Successfully formatted: 0 file(s)
[INFO] Fail to format        : 0 file(s)
[INFO] Skipped               : 102 file(s)
[INFO] Approximate time taken: 0s

Does "skipped" refer to the files that are already formatted?

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Yes, skipped refers to files that are already formatted.

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