[Feature] option to disable auto formatting on retrieve

[JoernBerkefeld]

Hello there!

My team started working with mcdev recently and we noticed that retrieve calls seem to be running some form of source formatting on asset files retrieved. For example, below is a snippet of AMPScript that is present within SFMC:

/* Logic to display Membership for Membership Types */
IF (
    @showbanner
    AND (
        (@MembershipTier == 'STUDIOMEMBER' AND @ShowMemberStudioBanner == 'false')
        OR (@MembershipTier == 'ESSENTIALMEMBER' AND @ShowEssentialBanner == 'false')
        OR (@MembershipTier == 'NONMEMBER' AND @ShowNonMemberBanner == 'false')
        OR (EMPTY(@IMAGE_1))
        OR (EMPTY(@IMAGE_LINK_1))
    )
) THEN
    SET @showbanner = false
ENDIF

Now, here is what is retrieved by mcdev:

/* Logic to display Membership for Membership Types */
    IF (         @showbanner AND (             (@MembershipTier == 'STUDIOMEMBER' AND @ShowMemberStudioBanner == 'false') OR (@MembershipTier == 'ESSENTIALMEMBER' AND @ShowEssentialBanner == 'false') OR (@MembershipTier == 'nonmember' AND @ShowNonMemberBanner == 'false') OR ( EMPTY(@IMAGE_1)) OR (EMPTY(@IMAGE_LINK_1))         )     ) THEN
        SET @showbanner = false
    ENDIF

Within vscode workspace settings, I have "editor.formatOnSave": false. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Andrew

Originally posted by @AndrewEllis91 in #1728

[JoernBerkefeld]

Brain dump:

Could add a config option that will govern this in general, plus an option for retrieve and deploy to change the setting on the fly?

Maybe the config option could allow setting this per type, like with validation rules - or more easily, like with the default retrieve list?

[JoernBerkefeld]

final solution:

• options.formatOnSave added to config
• retrieve & deploy command have new option --format, allowing you to override options.formatOnSave=false during runtime
• retrieve & deploy command have new option --no-format, allowing you to override options.formatOnSave=true during runtime

[github-actions]

Closed by #1846.