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terraform fmt does not handle .tfmock.hcl files #34577

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@HenriBlacksmith

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.7.1

Use Cases

When using the Terraform 1.7 mocks feature as suggested in the official tutorial: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/tests/mocking#mock-provider-data

Terraform formatting does not apply to the .tfmock.hcl files

terraform fmt tests/aws/data.tfmock.hcl
╷
│ Error: Only .tf, .tfvars, and .tftest.hcl files can be processed with terraform fmt
│ 
│ 
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Attempted Solutions

Renaming the file with .tftest.hcl extension before formatting is a workaround to get it formatted with:
terraform fmt tests/aws/data.tftest.hcl

Proposal

Extending fmt subcommand to .tfmock.hcl files

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