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When I'm editing my vimrc, if I gg=G vim autoindents nicely except where augroup is involved

I end up with 

augroup movingBackup
    au!
    au BufWritePost * call WriteBackupFile(expand("%:t"), expand("%:p:h"))
    augroup end

        augroup dotFile
            au!
            au BufWritePost *.dot :silent !start cmd /c "dot -T png %:t > %:r.png"
            augroup end

                nmap j gj
                nmap k gk

when I really want

augroup movingBackup
    au!
    au BufWritePost * call WriteBackupFile(expand("%:t"), expand("%:p:h"))
augroup end

augroup dotFile
    au!
    au BufWritePost *.dot :silent !start cmd /c "dot -T png %:t > %:r.png"
augroup end

nmap j gj
nmap k gk
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    can you try using END instead of end for the closing part of augroup ? It should act the same, but with the lower-case version it would not work whereas with the uppercase it works – nobe4 Apr 19 '16 at 15:19
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    @Nobe4 that does it! (do you want to 'answer' it so I can mark you and the solution?) – Charlie Wynn Apr 19 '16 at 15:20
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You should use END instead of end for the closing augroup statement.

Apparently it's a bug (cf Carpetsmoker's comment), it should behave the same but it does not. From the documentation (:h :aug):

                        *:aug* *:augroup*
:aug[roup] {name}       Define the autocmd group name for the
                        following ":autocmd" commands.  The name "end"
                        or "END" selects the default group.
                        To avoid confusion, the name should be
                        different from existing {event} names, as this
                        most likely will not do what you intended.

Edit: I opened an issue regarding this question on the vim's github repo, and got an answer:

Although both "end" and "END" work, using "END" is recommended.

I'll change the indent script to also accept "end" (negatively) for incrementing the indent.

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    This is because the indent/vim.vim file does: elseif prev_text =~ '^\s*aug\%[roup]' && prev_text !~ '^\s*aug\%[roup]\s*!\=\s\+END'. This is a bug; the check should be case-insensitive. – Martin Tournoij♦ Apr 19 '16 at 16:07
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    Do you know if it's already acknowledged by the vim-team as a bug ? – nobe4 Apr 19 '16 at 16:07
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    No, that's just my own conclusion ;-) – Martin Tournoij♦ Apr 19 '16 at 16:10
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    haha, it's strange that for the indent only the regex is messed up, because for the syntax file, they use [eE][nN][dD] each time... I'll open an issue on the github repo. – nobe4 Apr 19 '16 at 16:15

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