Bug?: --enable-outside-detected-project does not use global configuration in projects without .ocamlformat

[lentil32]

Describe the bug

When dune-project exists and project-wise .ocamlformat does not exist, unconfigured default foramtting will be used. (macOS)

Expected Behavior
Use global configuration if it is a project directory and no .ocamlformat file exist. Or, add --auto-adopt-global-config-when-local-absent option.

How to Reproduce

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ocamlformat:

profile=janestreet # 'default', 'janestreet', ...

In project directories, i.e., with dune-project file, or even in directories that is not OCaml project but .git exists,

$ ocamlformat --enable-outside-detected-project --print-config
...
space-around-variants=true
stritem-extension-indent=0
type-decl=compact
type-decl-indent=2
wrap-comments=false
wrap-fun-args=true
profile=default

Not in project directories,

$ ocamlformat --enable-outside-detected-project --print-config
...
type-decl-indent=2 (profile janestreet (file ../../.config/ocamlformat:1))
wrap-comments=false (profile janestreet (file ../../.config/ocamlformat:1))
wrap-fun-args=false (profile janestreet (file ../../.config/ocamlformat:1))
profile=janestreet (file ../../.config/ocamlformat:1)

See also

• Bug: .ocamlformat has no effect even with --enable-outside-detected-project #2223
• Enable formatting projects without an .ocamlformat by default #2092
• Ocaml formatting · helix-editor/helix · Discussion #8752

[Julow]

I agree that ocamlformat should use the global configuration when --enable-outside-detected-project and a project is detected but has no configuration.