Fix a false positive for Layout/SpaceAroundOperators

changelog/fix_false_positive_for_layout_space_around_operators.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#10054](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/pull/10054): Fix a false positive for `Layout/SpaceAroundOperators` when match operators between `<<` and `+=`. ([@koic][])

lib/rubocop/cop/mixin/preceding_following_alignment.rb

@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ def aligned_char?(range, line)
       end
 
       def aligned_assignment?(range, line)
-        range.source[-1] == '=' && line[range.last_column - 1] == '='
+        range.source[-1] == '=' && line[range.last_column - 1] == '=' ||
+          aligned_with_append_operator?(range, line)
+      end
+
+      def aligned_with_append_operator?(range, line)
+        range.source == '<<' && line[range.last_column - 1] == '=' ||
+          range.source[-1] == '=' && line[(range.last_column - 2)..(range.last_column - 1)] == '<<'
       end
 
       def aligned_identical?(range, line)

spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_around_operators_spec.rb

@@ -858,6 +858,20 @@ class ShowSourceTestClass < ShowSourceTestSuperClass
       RUBY
     end
 
+    it 'does not register an offenses match operators between `<<` and `+=`' do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        x  << foo
+        yz += bar
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it 'does not register an offenses match operators between `+=` and `<<`' do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        x  += foo
+        yz << bar
+      RUBY
+    end
+
     it 'registers an offense and corrects various assignments with too many spaces' do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         x ||=  0