How to add a new line with the same indentation

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Score 45

Adding set autoindent to your ~/.vimrc can do that for you automagically.

ANSWER 2

Score 9

I'd also suggest adding this to your .vimrc:

set smartindent

It will increase the indent in a new block.

ANSWER 3

Score 5

Both will annoy you when pasting, as Vim will try and indent everything on the fly.

Prior to pasting enter:

:set paste

ANSWER 4

Score 0

At bottom of the file, I'm using:

# vim: ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 sr noet st ai si

For example Dockerfile:

FROM centos-7
RUN ...
CMD ...

# vim: ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 sr noet st ai si

If you want keep the indentation only, use # vim: st ai si