phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="POC">
    <description>These rules generate different output depending on what they are run against.</description>

    <!-- Start scanning from project root. -->
    <file>./</file>

    <!-- Exclude the Composer Vendor directory. -->
    <exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>

    <!--
    =======================================
    Define CLI args PHPCS should run with.
    =======================================
    -->

    <!-- Show colors in console. -->
    <arg value="-colors"/>

    <!--
     p flag: Show progress of the run.
     s flag: Show the name of the rule violated in reports.
    -->
    <arg value="ps"/>

    <!--
    ===========================
    Define rulesets to enforce.
    ===========================
    -->

    <!-- Include the WordPress-Extra standard. -->
    <rule ref="WordPress-Extra">
        <!--
        For a list of configurable rules included by WordPress Coding Standards
        see here: https://git.io/fx0T4
        -->
        <!-- Allow spaces instead of tabs. -->
        <exclude name="Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowSpaceIndent"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="Generic.Commenting.Todo"/>

    <!-- THIS IS THE RULE THAT IS HAS ISSUES -->
    <rule ref="WordPress.WhiteSpace.PrecisionAlignment">
        <properties>
            <!-- Allow Precision Alignment in HTML and Comments. -->
            <property name="ignoreAlignmentTokens" type="array" value="T_COMMENT,T_INLINE_HTML"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>

</ruleset>