From d4709afd8186a478550af81f9b32aee3320987f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raffi Khatchadourian <khatchad@hunter.cuny.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:01:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use `${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/spotless.xml.prefs`
 for robust resolution
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The relative `./spotless.xml.prefs` path resolves correctly when Maven
is invoked from the multi-module root, but can fail when invoked from
elsewhere (e.g., a submodule's `basedir`, an IDE's per-module run, or
nested Maven invocations). Switching to the
`${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}` property — which always points
at the directory containing the parent `pom.xml` — makes resolution
robust regardless of invocation context.

Verified `mvn spotless:check` and
`mvn -pl ml/com.ibm.wala.cast.python.ml spotless:check` both succeed
after the change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1aa7c1a40..ccb3f7dbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
                 <eclipseWtp>
                   <type>XML</type>
                   <files>
-                    <file>./spotless.xml.prefs</file>
+                    <file>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/spotless.xml.prefs</file>
                   </files>
                 </eclipseWtp>
                 <trimTrailingWhitespace/>