From 0f8760bb83648663a2c16de938c2c5866074c6e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian <sebastian@mobanisto.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 16:47:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add section about staircase indent

---
 code-style.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code-style.md b/code-style.md
index 823cdfb..17416d8 100644
--- a/code-style.md
+++ b/code-style.md
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@
 * `CONSTANTS_LIKE_THIS`, `variablesLikeThis`
 * `AbcCamelCase` rather than `ABCCamelCase`
 
+The configuration for Android Studio to format source files like this is checked
+into version control so that the formatter should apply this style out of the box
+(Using Ctrl+Alt+L).
+
+# Avoid Staircase Indent
+
+Android Studio does not remove manual line breaks or line breaks that have been added
+by the formatter before. Sometimes, e.g. when adding arguments or renaming methods or variables,
+this can lead to staircase-like indent such as this:
+
+```
+someVariable
+    .someMethod(
+        new LongClassNameWithSomeParameters(int foo, long bar));
+```
+
+Please avoid this and help the formatter by manually removing the first line break:
+
+```
+someVariable.someMethod(
+        new LongClassNameWithSomeParameters(int foo, long bar));
+```
+
 # Firefox Tab Size in Gitlab
 
 Create `$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/[your.profile.folder]/chrome/userContent.css` (if it doesn't exist) and add: