Renovate: Use `.editorconfig` to get indentation style when renovate configuration doesn’t exist

[ExE-Boss]

What Renovate type are you using?

The official GitHub App: https://github.com/marketplace/renovate

Describe the bug

The default indentation is two spaces even when .editorconfig is configured to use tabs, because tabs are the superior indentation codepoint (https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/7475).

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create repository with .editorconfig set to:

   root = true
   
   [*]
   # Use tabs, because tabs are the superior indentation codepoint
   # https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/7475
   indent_style = tab
   

2. Let Renovate create the onboarding PR.

Expected behavior

renovate.json is created with:

{
    "extends": [
        "config:base"
    ]
}

Actual behavior

renovate.json is created with:

{
  "extends": [
    "config:base"
  ]
}

[ViralRuparel]

please use below in your .editorconfig file:

[*]
indent_style = tab
indent_size = 4

This should resolve your issue

[ExE-Boss]

@ViralRuparel That will still result in renovate.json being created with the inferior spaces instead of the superior tabs.

[ViralRuparel]

@ViralRuparel That will still result in renovate.json being created with the inferior spaces instead of the superior tabs.

Working only with tabs, then below will work for you:

[*]
indent_style = tab
tab_width = 4

[rarkins]

@ViralRuparel I don't think any of these changes work, because currently Renovate doesn't pay attention to .editorconfig when stringifying its renovate.json

[ViralRuparel]

@ViralRuparel I don't think any of these changes work, because currently Renovate doesn't pay attention to .editorconfig when stringifying its renovate.json

okay!