I just noticed that the same issue occurs if you simply try to extract a local variable from within the if condition instead of performing an inlining. IntelliJ would normally split the if in a similar way.

[agolba01]

I just noticed that the same issue occurs if you simply try to extract a local variable from within the if condition instead of performing an inlining. IntelliJ would normally split the if in a similar way.

I guess this is what IntelliJ tries to do under the hood for the inlining (as shown when the plugin is disabled), and the at the source of the problem.

Originally posted by @DidierLoiseau in google/google-java-format#1101 (comment)