chore: delete the inert .prettierrc

[rubenvdlinde]

What

Deletes .prettierrc.

Why — and why this reverses an earlier instruction in this programme

"Wire up .prettierrc" was on the original task list for the Nextcloud-alignment
work. Measuring first changed the answer, so this removes the file instead. The
reasoning, so the decision can be re-opened if any of it is wrong:

1. Nextcloud does not use prettier. Checked directly, not assumed —
nextcloud/server@master and nextcloud/text@main have no prettier dependency, no
format script and no prettier config file. They ship .editorconfig and enforce
JS/Vue formatting through @nextcloud/eslint-config. (@nextcloud/prettier-config
exists on npm at 1.2.0, but the flagship repos do not consume it.)

The policy this programme runs on is: our code must pass Nextcloud's checks; we may be
stricter, we may not be different. Adding a second JS formatter is not
stricter, it is different.

2. It is inert where it would help and active where it hurts. Measured across the
merged apps: zero have prettier in dependencies/devDependencies, zero
declare a format or prettier script, and zero workflows reference it. So it
never runs in CI. It does run in editors — where it sets 2-space indent and double
quotes, both of which @nextcloud/eslint-config then flags. A contributor who saves a
file gets it reformatted into a state the linter rejects.

3. .editorconfig already owns this. Nextcloud's own .editorconfig was adopted
fleet-wide earlier in this programme and is the file both editors and php-cs-fixer
agree on.

Blast radius

None in CI: no job invokes prettier, so no check changes behaviour. The only effect is
that editors stop applying a config that contradicts the linter.

If prettier is wanted later, the aligned way is @nextcloud/prettier-config wired into
a real format script and a CI leg — not an unreferenced dotfile.

[github-actions]

Quality Report — ConductionNL/decidesk @ 9b69c0b

Check	PHP	Vue	Security	License	Tests
lint	✅
phpcs	✅
phpmd	✅
psalm	✅
phpstan	✅
phpmetrics	✅
eslint		✅
stylelint		✅
build		✅
check-manifest		✅
test-l10n		✅
composer			✅	✅ 104/104
npm			✅	✅ 548/548
app:check-code	⏭️
info.xml	✅
REUSE	❌
PHPUnit					✅
Newman					✅
Playwright					❌
Hydra gates					❌

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Quality workflow — 2026-08-12 19:28 UTC

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