[New Feature] Implement a formatter for bru files

[tho-gru-38]

Hi,

It would be nice to get a formatter for bru files so Visual Studio Code can format bru files: indent the lines for better readability.

Kind Regards

[benc-uk]

The old VSCode extension (which was broken) had syntax highlighting and (I think) formatting for .bru files
But good to see that return

[tho-gru-38]

Hi Ben,

Thankjs for your reply. I was not aware that there exist extensions in different versions. I simply got an update for the bruno extension...

My environment:

VS code:

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Version: 1.103.2
Commit: 6f17636121051a53c88d3e605c491d22af2ba755
Datum: 2025-08-20T16:45:34.255Z
Electron: 37.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12035395
Chromium: 138.0.7204.100
Node.js: 22.17.0
V8: 13.8.500258-electron.0
Betriebssystem: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
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Bruno extension

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Bezeichner: bruno-api-client.bruno
Version: 4.1.0
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2025-09-05, 08:26:29
Größe: 106.24 MB
Marketplace
Veröffentlicht: 2023-01-20, 00:36:32
Zuletzt veröffentlicht: 2025-09-04, 19:40:38
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In VS code I switched to the texteditor to see the whole bru file at once:

Whne pressing SHIFT-ALT-F to reformat the bru file I get the following message box:

This message box complains about a missing formatter for bru files.

Is it possible to provide such a formatter within the bruno extension?

[martinjoiner]

My team also needed a reformatter for our large repo of .bru files so I recently built this package https://www.npmjs.com/package/prettify-bru I appreciate it's not an IDE extension, it's run on the command line, but it may help you. I'd love it if a few people tested it out and gave me feedback.