Every task should depend on RegisterDependenciesTask now, since it doesn't do anything and if it ever does do something it will be surpising if it's just some tasks.

nedtwigg · nedtwigg · commit 3557f570fe50 · 2021-11-08T00:26:45.000-08:00
diff --git a/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/FormatExtension.java b/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/FormatExtension.java
@@ -733,9 +733,7 @@ protected void setupTask(SpotlessTask task) {
 		}
 		task.setSteps(steps);
 		task.setLineEndingsPolicy(getLineEndings().createPolicy(getProject().getProjectDir(), () -> totalTarget));
-		if (spotless.project != spotless.project.getRootProject()) {
-			spotless.getRegisterDependenciesTask().hookSubprojectTask(task);
-		}
+		spotless.getRegisterDependenciesTask().hookSubprojectTask(task);
 		if (getRatchetFrom() != null) {
 			task.setupRatchet(getRatchetFrom());
 		}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -733,9 +733,7 @@ protected void setupTask(SpotlessTask task) {`
`733`	`733`	`}`
`734`	`734`	`task.setSteps(steps);`
`735`	`735`	`task.setLineEndingsPolicy(getLineEndings().createPolicy(getProject().getProjectDir(), () -> totalTarget));`
`736`		`- if (spotless.project != spotless.project.getRootProject()) {`
`737`		`- spotless.getRegisterDependenciesTask().hookSubprojectTask(task);`
`738`		`- }`
	`736`	`+ spotless.getRegisterDependenciesTask().hookSubprojectTask(task);`
`739`	`737`	`if (getRatchetFrom() != null) {`
`740`	`738`	`task.setupRatchet(getRatchetFrom());`
`741`	`739`	`}`