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Indentation

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

Start file

this line doesn’t have indentation
this line is indented with two spaces
this one has four
this other one has two
this one is indented with two spaces
this line has a four spaces indentation
this line needs six spaces
this line needs six spaces too
this line is back to four spaces
this line is finally indented with two spaces
this final line is not indented

End file

this line doesn’t have indentation
  this line is indented with two spaces
    this one has four
  this other one has two
  this one is indented with two spaces
    this line has a four spaces indentation
      this line needs six spaces
      this line needs six spaces too
    this line is back to four spaces
  this line is finally indented with two spaces
this final line is not indented

View Diff

2,10c2,10
< this line is indented with two spaces
< this one has four
< this other one has two
< this one is indented with two spaces
< this line has a four spaces indentation
< this line needs six spaces
< this line needs six spaces too
< this line is back to four spaces
< this line is finally indented with two spaces
---
>   this line is indented with two spaces
>     this one has four
>   this other one has two
>   this one is indented with two spaces
>     this line has a four spaces indentation
>       this line needs six spaces
>       this line needs six spaces too
>     this line is back to four spaces
>   this line is finally indented with two spaces

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