Resolves pinterest#1393

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This section is applicable when providing rules that depend on one or more value
 - Do not remove trailing comma after a parameter of type array in an annotation (experimental:trailing-comma) ([#1379](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1379))
 - Do not delete blank lines in KDoc (no-trailing-spaces) ([#1376](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1376))
 - Do not indent raw string literals that are not followed by either trimIndent() or trimMargin() (`indent`) ([#1375](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1375))
-- Revert remove unnecessary wildcard imports as introduced in Ktlint 0.43.0 (`no-unused-imports`) ([#1277](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1277)), ([#1256](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1256))
+- Revert remove unnecessary wildcard imports as introduced in Ktlint 0.43.0 (`no-unused-imports`) ([#1277](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1277)), ([#1393](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1393)), ([#1256](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1256))
 
 ### Changed
 - Print the rule id always in the PlainReporter ([#1121](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1121))

ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/NoUnusedImportsRuleTest.kt

@@ -915,4 +915,24 @@ class NoUnusedImportsRuleTest {
             )
         ).isEmpty()
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Issue 1393 - Wildcard import should not be removed because it can not be reliable be determined whether it is used`() {
+        val rule = NoUnusedImportsRule()
+        assertThat(
+            rule.lint(
+                """
+                package com.example
+
+                import com.example.Outer.*
+
+                class Outer {
+                    class Inner
+                }
+
+                val foo = Inner()
+                """.trimIndent()
+            )
+        ).isEmpty()
+    }
 }