From 3155e7777c20d938c484ba3e60ce06adc8b092bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miodrag Milanovic <mmicko@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:08:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chores: implement same way as vscode macro

---
 misc/spaces_to_tabs.py | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/spaces_to_tabs.py b/misc/spaces_to_tabs.py
index 7db3456f7..591d13190 100644
--- a/misc/spaces_to_tabs.py
+++ b/misc/spaces_to_tabs.py
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ for filename in sys.argv[1:]:
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         continue
 
-    # Determine whether this file uses tabs for indentation.
-    uses_tabs = any(
-        re.match(r"^\t+", line)
-        for line in text.splitlines()
-    )
-
-    if not uses_tabs:
+    # Only modify files that already use tabs for indentation.
+    if not re.search(r"(?m)^\t+", text):
         continue
 
+    def convert(match):
+        tabs = match.group(1)
+        spaces = match.group(2)
+        return tabs + "\t" * (len(spaces) // 4) + spaces[len(spaces) // 4 * 4:]
+
     new_text = re.sub(
-        r"^(?: {4})+",
-        lambda m: "\t" * (len(m.group()) // 4),
+        r"^(\t*)( +)",
+        convert,
         text,
         flags=re.MULTILINE,
     )