Again, this makes absolutely no sense to me. I've never experienced any of the problems you're facing and I can't imagine how they'd even cause problems.
It's not clear why you're still defending this position. Feels like you made a not well considered, off the cuff remark about something. Rather than realize you were wrong and take the L, you're still doubling down? Is it that important to you?
If you format before every commit, then the only changes you get are the changes you made.