Cpp Indent Vim

Given .vimrc:

filetype plugin indent on

To indent C++ files in Vim. Create this directory:

~/.vim/after/ftplugin/

Inside that directory create the file:

~/.vim/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim

Add the lines:

set expandtab
set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2

That’s using 2 spaces for indentation like they do it at Google.

When you create a file:

vim awesome.cpp

It will indent to 2 spaces:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  cout << "2 spaces" << endl;
  return 0;
}