title: Detekt: Autocorrect feature is not working
body: <p>I have included detekt (<a href="https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/</a>) in my project:</p>
  
  <p><strong>root build.gradle</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>buildscript {
      ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
      ext.detekt_version = "1.0.1"
      repositories {
          google()
          jcenter()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
          classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
          classpath "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-gradle-plugin:$detekt_version"
      }
  }
  
  plugins {
      id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt").version("1.0.1")
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>app build.gradle</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
  apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
  apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
  apply plugin: 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>android {
          // .. just defaults
      }</p>
  
  <pre><code>dependencies {
      implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
      implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
      // ... other dependencies
  
      detekt "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-formatting:$detekt_version"
      detekt("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-cli:$detekt_version")
  
  }
  
  detekt {
      toolVersion = "$detekt_version"
      input = files("src/main/java")
      filters = ".*/resources/.*,.*/build/.*"
      config = files("../detekt/detekt-config.yml")
      reports {
          xml {
              enabled = true
          }
          html {
              enabled = true
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The rules file <strong>../detekt/detekt-config.yml</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>autoCorrect: true
  
  test-pattern: # Configure exclusions for test sources
    active: true
    patterns: # Test file regexes
    - '.*/test/.*'
    - '.*/androidTest/.*'
    - '.*Test.kt'
    - '.*Spec.kt'
    - '.*Spek.kt'
    exclude-rule-sets:
    - 'comments'
    exclude-rules:
    - 'NamingRules'
    - 'WildcardImport'
    - 'MagicNumber'
    - 'MaxLineLength'
    - 'LateinitUsage'
    - 'StringLiteralDuplication'
    - 'SpreadOperator'
    - 'TooManyFunctions'
    - 'ForEachOnRange'
    - 'FunctionMaxLength'
    - 'TooGenericExceptionCaught'
    - 'InstanceOfCheckForException'
  
  build:
    maxIssues: 100
    weights:
    # complexity: 2
    # LongParameterList: 1
    # style: 1
    # comments: 1
  
  processors:
    active: true
    exclude:
    # - 'FunctionCountProcessor'
    # - 'PropertyCountProcessor'
    # - 'ClassCountProcessor'
    # - 'PackageCountProcessor'
    # - 'KtFileCountProcessor'
  
  console-reports:
    active: true
    exclude:
    #  - 'ProjectStatisticsReport'
    #  - 'ComplexityReport'
    #  - 'NotificationReport'
    #  - 'FindingsReport'
    #  - 'BuildFailureReport'
  
  comments:
    active: true
    CommentOverPrivateFunction:
      active: false
    CommentOverPrivateProperty:
      active: false
    EndOfSentenceFormat:
      active: false
      endOfSentenceFormat: ([.?!][ \t\n\r\f&lt;])|([.?!]$)
    UndocumentedPublicClass:
      active: false
      searchInNestedClass: true
      searchInInnerClass: true
      searchInInnerObject: true
      searchInInnerInterface: true
    UndocumentedPublicFunction:
      active: false
  
  complexity:
    active: true
    ComplexCondition:
      active: true
      threshold: 4
    ComplexInterface:
      active: false
      threshold: 10
      includeStaticDeclarations: false
    ComplexMethod:
      active: true
      threshold: 10
      ignoreSingleWhenExpression: false
      ignoreSimpleWhenEntries: false
    LabeledExpression:
      active: false
      ignoredLabels: ""
    LargeClass:
      active: true
      threshold: 600
    LongMethod:
      active: true
      threshold: 60
    LongParameterList:
      active: true
      threshold: 6
      ignoreDefaultParameters: false
    MethodOverloading:
      active: false
      threshold: 6
    NestedBlockDepth:
      active: true
      threshold: 4
    StringLiteralDuplication:
      active: false
      threshold: 3
      ignoreAnnotation: true
      excludeStringsWithLessThan5Characters: true
      ignoreStringsRegex: '$^'
    TooManyFunctions:
      active: true
      thresholdInFiles: 11
      thresholdInClasses: 11
      thresholdInInterfaces: 11
      thresholdInObjects: 11
      thresholdInEnums: 11
      ignoreDeprecated: false
      ignorePrivate: false
      ignoreOverridden: false
  
  empty-blocks:
    active: true
    EmptyCatchBlock:
      active: true
      allowedExceptionNameRegex: "^(_|(ignore|expected).*)"
    EmptyClassBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyDefaultConstructor:
      active: true
    EmptyDoWhileBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyElseBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyFinallyBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyForBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyFunctionBlock:
      active: true
      ignoreOverriddenFunctions: false
    EmptyIfBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyInitBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyKtFile:
      active: true
    EmptySecondaryConstructor:
      active: true
    EmptyWhenBlock:
      active: true
    EmptyWhileBlock:
      active: true
  
  exceptions:
    active: true
    ExceptionRaisedInUnexpectedLocation:
      active: false
      methodNames: 'toString,hashCode,equals,finalize'
    InstanceOfCheckForException:
      active: false
    NotImplementedDeclaration:
      active: false
    PrintStackTrace:
      active: false
    RethrowCaughtException:
      active: false
    ReturnFromFinally:
      active: false
    SwallowedException:
      active: false
      ignoredExceptionTypes: 'InterruptedException,NumberFormatException,ParseException,MalformedURLException'
    ThrowingExceptionFromFinally:
      active: false
    ThrowingExceptionInMain:
      active: false
    ThrowingExceptionsWithoutMessageOrCause:
      active: false
      exceptions: 'IllegalArgumentException,IllegalStateException,IOException'
    ThrowingNewInstanceOfSameException:
      active: false
    TooGenericExceptionCaught:
      active: true
      exceptionNames:
      - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
      - Error
      - Exception
      - IllegalMonitorStateException
      - NullPointerException
      - IndexOutOfBoundsException
      - RuntimeException
      - Throwable
      allowedExceptionNameRegex: "^(_|(ignore|expected).*)"
    TooGenericExceptionThrown:
      active: true
      exceptionNames:
      - Error
      - Exception
      - Throwable
      - RuntimeException
  
  formatting:
    active: true
    android: false
    autoCorrect: true
    ChainWrapping:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    CommentSpacing:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    Filename:
      active: true
    FinalNewline:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    ImportOrdering:
      active: false
    Indentation:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
      indentSize: 4
      continuationIndentSize: 4
    MaximumLineLength:
      active: true
      maxLineLength: 120
    ModifierOrdering:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoBlankLineBeforeRbrace:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoConsecutiveBlankLines:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoEmptyClassBody:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoItParamInMultilineLambda:
      active: false
    NoLineBreakAfterElse:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoLineBreakBeforeAssignment:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoMultipleSpaces:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoSemicolons:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoTrailingSpaces:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoUnitReturn:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoUnusedImports:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    NoWildcardImports:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    PackageName:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    ParameterListWrapping:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
      indentSize: 4
    SpacingAroundColon:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundComma:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundCurly:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundKeyword:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundOperators:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundParens:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    SpacingAroundRangeOperator:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
    StringTemplate:
      active: true
      autoCorrect: true
  
  naming:
    active: true
    ClassNaming:
      active: true
      classPattern: '[A-Z$][a-zA-Z0-9$]*'
    ConstructorParameterNaming:
      active: true
      parameterPattern: '[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
      privateParameterPattern: '[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
      excludeClassPattern: '$^'
    EnumNaming:
      active: true
      enumEntryPattern: '^[A-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ForbiddenClassName:
      active: false
      forbiddenName: ''
    FunctionMaxLength:
      active: false
      maximumFunctionNameLength: 30
    FunctionMinLength:
      active: false
      minimumFunctionNameLength: 3
    FunctionNaming:
      active: true
      functionPattern: '^([a-z$][a-zA-Z$0-9]*)|(`.*`)$'
      excludeClassPattern: '$^'
      ignoreOverridden: true
    FunctionParameterNaming:
      active: true
      parameterPattern: '[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
      excludeClassPattern: '$^'
      ignoreOverriddenFunctions: true
    MatchingDeclarationName:
      active: true
    MemberNameEqualsClassName:
      active: false
      ignoreOverriddenFunction: true
    ObjectPropertyNaming:
      active: true
      constantPattern: '[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*'
      propertyPattern: '[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*'
      privatePropertyPattern: '(_)?[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*'
    PackageNaming:
      active: true
      packagePattern: '^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)*$'
    TopLevelPropertyNaming:
      active: true
      constantPattern: '[A-Z][_A-Z0-9]*'
      propertyPattern: '[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*'
      privatePropertyPattern: '(_)?[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
    VariableMaxLength:
      active: false
      maximumVariableNameLength: 64
    VariableMinLength:
      active: false
      minimumVariableNameLength: 1
    VariableNaming:
      active: true
      variablePattern: '[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
      privateVariablePattern: '(_)?[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*'
      excludeClassPattern: '$^'
      ignoreOverridden: true
  
  performance:
    active: true
    ArrayPrimitive:
      active: false
    ForEachOnRange:
      active: true
    SpreadOperator:
      active: true
    UnnecessaryTemporaryInstantiation:
      active: true
  
  potential-bugs:
    active: true
    DuplicateCaseInWhenExpression:
      active: true
    EqualsAlwaysReturnsTrueOrFalse:
      active: false
    EqualsWithHashCodeExist:
      active: true
    ExplicitGarbageCollectionCall:
      active: true
    InvalidRange:
      active: false
    IteratorHasNextCallsNextMethod:
      active: false
    IteratorNotThrowingNoSuchElementException:
      active: false
    LateinitUsage:
      active: false
      excludeAnnotatedProperties: ""
      ignoreOnClassesPattern: ""
    UnconditionalJumpStatementInLoop:
      active: false
    UnreachableCode:
      active: true
    UnsafeCallOnNullableType:
      active: false
    UnsafeCast:
      active: false
    UselessPostfixExpression:
      active: false
    WrongEqualsTypeParameter:
      active: false
  
  style:
    active: true
    CollapsibleIfStatements:
      active: false
    DataClassContainsFunctions:
      active: false
      conversionFunctionPrefix: 'to'
    EqualsNullCall:
      active: false
    EqualsOnSignatureLine:
      active: false
    ExplicitItLambdaParameter:
      active: false
    ExpressionBodySyntax:
      active: false
      includeLineWrapping: false
    ForbiddenComment:
      active: true
      values: 'TODO:,FIXME:,STOPSHIP:'
    ForbiddenImport:
      active: false
      imports: ''
    ForbiddenVoid:
      active: false
    FunctionOnlyReturningConstant:
      active: false
      ignoreOverridableFunction: true
      excludedFunctions: 'describeContents'
    LoopWithTooManyJumpStatements:
      active: false
      maxJumpCount: 1
    MagicNumber:
      active: true
      ignoreNumbers: '-1,0,1,2'
      ignoreHashCodeFunction: true
      ignorePropertyDeclaration: false
      ignoreConstantDeclaration: true
      ignoreCompanionObjectPropertyDeclaration: true
      ignoreAnnotation: false
      ignoreNamedArgument: true
      ignoreEnums: false
    MandatoryBracesIfStatements:
      active: false
    MaxLineLength:
      active: true
      maxLineLength: 120
      excludePackageStatements: true
      excludeImportStatements: true
      excludeCommentStatements: false
    MayBeConst:
      active: false
    ModifierOrder:
      active: true
    NestedClassesVisibility:
      active: false
    NewLineAtEndOfFile:
      active: true
    NoTabs:
      active: false
    OptionalAbstractKeyword:
      active: true
    OptionalUnit:
      active: false
    OptionalWhenBraces:
      active: false
    PreferToOverPairSyntax:
      active: false
    ProtectedMemberInFinalClass:
      active: false
    RedundantVisibilityModifierRule:
      active: false
    ReturnCount:
      active: true
      max: 2
      excludedFunctions: "equals"
      excludeLabeled: false
      excludeReturnFromLambda: true
    SafeCast:
      active: true
    SerialVersionUIDInSerializableClass:
      active: false
    SpacingBetweenPackageAndImports:
      active: false
    ThrowsCount:
      active: true
      max: 2
    TrailingWhitespace:
      active: false
    UnderscoresInNumericLiterals:
      active: false
      acceptableDecimalLength: 5
    UnnecessaryAbstractClass:
      active: false
      excludeAnnotatedClasses: "dagger.Module"
    UnnecessaryApply:
      active: false
    UnnecessaryInheritance:
      active: false
    UnnecessaryLet:
      active: false
    UnnecessaryParentheses:
      active: false
    UntilInsteadOfRangeTo:
      active: false
    UnusedImports:
      active: false
    UnusedPrivateClass:
      active: false
    UnusedPrivateMember:
      active: false
      allowedNames: "(_|ignored|expected|serialVersionUID)"
    UseDataClass:
      active: false
      excludeAnnotatedClasses: ""
    UtilityClassWithPublicConstructor:
      active: false
    VarCouldBeVal:
      active: false
    WildcardImport:
      active: true
      excludeImports: 'java.util.*,kotlinx.android.synthetic.*'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Although I setted some rules with the attribute <code>autoCorrect: true</code> the code is not reformatted when I execute</p>
  
  <pre><code>./gradlew detekt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The analysis report is created and the issues are shown, but no auto correction has been made. </p>