convert spaces to \t

.eleventy.js

@@ -2,10 +2,20 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addNunjucksFilter("formatSnippetBody", function (content) {
     // escape " and create array of lines
     const snippet = content.replace(/"/g, '\\"').split("\n");
+    // default indentation
+    // TODO make indent value configurable
+    const indent = 2;
     // wrap each line in double quotes
     const formattedSnippet = snippet.map((line, index) => {
+      // count the number of leading spaces or \t chars
+      const indentCount = line.search(/\S/) !== -1 ? line.search(/\S/) : 0;
+      const newLine = line
+        // remove the leading whitespace
+        .trimStart()
+        // add a \t for each tabstop according to indentCount
+        .replace(/^/, "\t".repeat(indentCount / indent));
       // don't add a comma after the last line
-      return index === snippet.length - 1 ? `"${line}"` : `"${line}",`;
+      return index === snippet.length - 1 ? `"${newLine}"` : `"${newLine}",`;
     });
 
     return formattedSnippet.join("\n");

_includes/vscode-snippet-template.njk

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ permalink: "{{ page.filePathStem }}.json"
     "scope": "{{ scope }}",{% endif %}
     "prefix": "{{ prefix }}",
     "body": [
-      {{ content | trim | formatSnippetBody | indent(6) | safe }}
+      {{ content | trim | formatSnippetBody | safe }}
     ],
     "description": "{% if description %}{{ description }}{% endif %}"
   }

src/snippets/test-snippet-tabs.njk

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+name: snippet-name-goes-here
+prefix: badger
+description: snippet description goes here
+scope: javascript, typescript
+---
+const req = async fetch($1)
+// this is a single line comment
+const res = await req.json()
+const string = "badger" // inline comment test
+for (const item of res) {
+	if (item.name.includes(string)) {
+		console.log(item.name)
+	}
+}
+$0

src/snippets/test-snippet.njk

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ for (const item of res) {
     console.log(item.name)
   }
 }
-$0
+$0