Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· peterssonjesper

Reindent an entire file

#vim

ggVG=

gg  Goes to the first line
V   Enters visual mode
G   Goes to last line
=   Reindents current selection
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Written by Jesper Petersson

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vimrocks

This is even shorter (you don't need to go to visual mode)

gg=G</code></pre>
over 1 year ago ·
s1na

Is this different from :retab ?

over 1 year ago ·
vimrocks

@s1na
Yes, this is different.
:retab converts tabs to spaces, or spaces to tabs
gg=G fixes indentation level

over 1 year ago ·
peterssonjesper

@vimrocks Thanks, I didn't know that. Awesome!

over 1 year ago ·
s1na

@vimrocks
Ah, great. Thanks ;)

over 1 year ago ·

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