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Indentation of empty case places ;; in the same line as the case #1289
Description
Hi!
With the following test file:
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
first)
;;
second)
echo "here"
;;
esac
Running shfmt produces:
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
first) ;;
second)
echo "here"
;;
esac
Which places the ;; in the same line as the case. This means that when you want to add content to that "first" case, you need to modify that line and split it into two, which produces unnecessary diff(1) or git-diff(1) changes.
(I skimmed over the other tickets and didn't see this being filed already, but might have missed some perhaps.)
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mvdan commentedon Mar 14, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion, that's reasonable. I'll take a look.
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