On apache/beam#7505 ./gradlew spotlessCheck passed (you can see it in the Jenkins statuses) but ./gradlew spotlessApply is not a noop, we discovered afterwards.

I confirmed that with paddedCell disabled spotlessCheck failed.

Gradle version: 4.10.3
Spotless plugin version: 3.16.0
GoogleJavaFormat: 1.7
Operating system & version: various Mac & Linux
Configuration block (also easy to see in the PR):

def disableSpotlessCheck = project.hasProperty('disableSpotlessCheck')
spotless {
  enforceCheck !disableSpotlessCheck
  java {
    licenseHeader javaLicenseHeader
    googleJavaFormat()

    // Details see: https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/master/PADDEDCELL.md
    paddedCell()
  }
}

Errors emitted: none

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