Auto-apply formatting from PR (neuronsimulator#2395)

when the code formatting check fails, run code formatting
and push the changes to the same PR branch.

Author: alexsavulescu

.github/workflows/formatting.yml

@@ -27,3 +27,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check formatting
         working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/nrn
         run: external/coding-conventions/bin/format -v --dry-run
+
+      # If formatting fails, apply formatting and push changes.
+      # This will trigger another workflow run, which will cancel the current one.
+      - name: Apply formatting
+        working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/nrn
+        if: failure() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          # Checkout PR
+          gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+          # Apply formatting
+          external/coding-conventions/bin/format -v
+
+          # Commit & push changes
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add -u :/
+          git commit -a -m "Fix formatting"
+          git push
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

src/nrniv/netpar.cpp

@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ NetParEvent::~NetParEvent() {}
 void NetParEvent::send(double tt, NetCvode* nc, NrnThread* nt) {
     nc->event(tt + usable_mindelay_, this, nt);
 }
+
+
 void NetParEvent::deliver(double tt, NetCvode* nc, NrnThread* nt) {
     int seq;
     if (nrn_use_selfqueue_) {  // first handle pending flag=1 self events