RubyMine and Rubocop: Performing safe autocorrects on save
- Ctrl + Alt + S > search "rubocop on save"
- Under "Inspections", check the highlighted box on
rubocop -a
Caveat: This adds a little time overhead to saving. When you're editing many files at once (e.g. using "Replace All"), this may be inacceptable.
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