From 4bad4ca3211034b2b9d278644dd20c801b86f352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:17:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 3affc3b01bb4e91ad0741039b6148e2908d180c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:21:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Preserve tab indentation when formatting branches

Co-authored-by: bergmeister <9250262+bergmeister@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.cs              |  2 +-
 Tests/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.tests.ps1 | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.cs b/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.cs
index 1bb15f6e1..6d2bd51b3 100644
--- a/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.cs
+++ b/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.cs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private List<CorrectionExtent> GetCorrectionsForBraceShouldHaveNewLineAfter(
             var nextToken = tokens[closeBracePos + 1];
             var closeBraceToken = tokens[closeBracePos];
             var indentation = tokens[closeBracePos - 1].Kind == TokenKind.NewLine
-                ? new String(' ', closeBraceToken.Extent.StartColumnNumber - 1)
+                ? closeBraceToken.Extent.StartScriptPosition.Line.Substring(0, closeBraceToken.Extent.StartColumnNumber - 1)
                 : GetIndentation(tokens, closeBracePos, openBracePos);
 
             // Also remove the whitespace between the close brace and the next token
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.tests.ps1
index 151ed64e8..f44d50bb1 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.tests.ps1
@@ -226,6 +226,25 @@ function Test {
             Invoke-Formatter -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $expected
         }
 
+        It "Should preserve tab indentation before a close brace" {
+            $def = @'
+if ($true) {
+    $true
+	}	else {
+	    $false
+	}
+'@
+            $expected = @'
+if ($true) {
+    $true
+	}
+	else {
+	    $false
+	}
+'@
+            Invoke-Formatter -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $expected
+        }
+
         It "Should find a violation for a close brace followed by elseif" {
             $def = @'
 if (Test-Path "blah") {