[FIXED] mvn clean install throwing an error - File has not been previously formatted. Please format file and commit before running validation

Issue

After I created new files, I started getting the error "Failed to execute goal net.revelc.code.formatter:formatter-maven-plugin:2.8.1:validate File has not been previously formatted. Please format file and commit before running validation".

Any ideas why this error shows up and how to fix it?

Solution

Running

mvn clean validate -P format

fixed the issue.

Answered By - mrnair