From 01ad4620ecb165fcfe28ac6e87098384fcd0fa87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kerr <hepin1989@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:03:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add more comments about formatting. (#29001)

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8ef1628a52..53aba98267 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -169,6 +169,33 @@ akka-cluster/scalafmtAll
 akka-persistence/scalafmtAll
 ```
 
+To format the Java source code:
+```
+sbt
+project akka-actor
+javafmtAll
+```
+
+To keep the *import*s sorted with:
+
+```
+sbt
+project akka-actor
+sortImports
+```
+
+To verify code style with:
+```
+sbt 
+verifyCodeStyle
+```
+
+To apply code style with:
+```
+sbt
+applyCodeStyle
+```
+
 ### Do not use `-optimize` Scala compiler flag
 
 Akka has not been compiled or tested with `-optimize` Scala compiler flag. (In sbt, you can specify compiler options in the `scalacOptions` key.)
@@ -430,6 +457,8 @@ not needed to use `sbt scalafmtAll` when editing with IntelliJ.
 
 PR validation includes checking that the Scala sources are formatted and will fail if they are not.
 
+It's recommended to run `sbt +sortImports` to keep the *import*s sorted.
+
 ### Java style
 
 Akka uses [the sbt Java Formatter plugin](https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter) to format Java sources.