Automatic Formatting of Computer Program Source Code

摘要

A method and system is provided for auto formatting changes to computer program source code stored in a code repository. The code comprises a plurality of separately identifiable sections each of which includes non-functional formatting information which differs between at least some of the sections. In response to a user input request a selected source code section is extracted and edited via a user interface. A set of formatting rules is determined automatically from at least the code section being edited. This set of rules is one of a plurality of possible sets corresponding to the separately identifiable sections. The edited code is then formatted according to the determined set of formatting rules and stored in the code repository.