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Daniel Stieglitz updated NIFI-10540: ------------------------------------ Description: In the [Contributor Guide|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Contributor+Guide#ContributorGuide-IntelliJIDEAUsers] it is suggested to use a Checkstyle configuration file extracted from the top level pom when using the Intellij Checkstyle plugin. In order to avoid possible inconsistencies between what is in that configuration file and what is in the top level pom.xml, place a Checkstyle configuration file as part of the NIFI code base and reference it in the plugin configuration as detailed in [Using a Custom Checkstyle Checker Configuration|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/examples/custom-checker-config.html] and use the same file for configuring the Intellij Checkstyle plugin (was: I noticed in the [Contributor Guide|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Contributor+Guide#ContributorGuide-IntelliJIDEAUsers] it is suggested to use a Checkstyle configuration file extracted from the top level pom when using the Intellij Checkstyle plugin. In order to avoid possible inconsistencies between what is in that configuration file and what is in the top level pom.xml, place a Checkstyle configuration file as part of the NIFI code base and reference it in the plugin configuration as detailed in [Using a Custom Checkstyle Checker Configuration|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/examples/custom-checker-config.html] and use the same file for configuring the Intellij Checkstyle plugin) > Use single Checkstyle configuration file to configure Maven and Intellij > Checkstyle plugins > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: NIFI-10540 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-10540 > Project: Apache NiFi > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Daniel Stieglitz > Assignee: Daniel Stieglitz > Priority: Trivial > > In the [Contributor > Guide|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Contributor+Guide#ContributorGuide-IntelliJIDEAUsers] > it is suggested to use a Checkstyle configuration file extracted from the > top level pom when using the Intellij Checkstyle plugin. In order to avoid > possible inconsistencies between what is in that configuration file and what > is in the top level pom.xml, place a Checkstyle configuration file as part of > the NIFI code base and reference it in the plugin configuration as detailed > in [Using a Custom Checkstyle Checker > Configuration|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/examples/custom-checker-config.html] > and use the same file for configuring the Intellij Checkstyle plugin -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)