From f4921c64fdadbbe78c7fe0fdefbe2192c13836f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:54:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update `def` syntax

---
 syntaxes/nushell.tmLanguage.json | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syntaxes/nushell.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/nushell.tmLanguage.json
index 08d9ca1..eff5e9f 100644
--- a/syntaxes/nushell.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/nushell.tmLanguage.json
@@ -375,11 +375,12 @@
       "patterns": [{ "include": "source.nushell" }]
     },
     "function": {
-      "begin": "((?:export\\s+)?def(?:\\s+--\\w+)*)\\s+([\\w\\-]+|\"[\\w\\- ]+\"|'[\\w\\- ]+'|`[\\w\\- ]+`)(\\s+--\\w+)*",
+      "begin": "((?:export\\s+)?def)(?:\\s+((?:--\\w+(?:\\s+--\\w+)*)))?\\s+([\\w\\-]+|\"[\\w\\- ]+\"|'[\\w\\- ]+'|`[\\w\\- ]+`)(?:\\s+((?:--\\w+(?:\\s+--\\w+)*)))?",
       "beginCaptures": {
         "1": { "name": "entity.name.function.nushell" },
-        "2": { "name": "entity.name.type.nushell" },
-        "3": { "name": "entity.name.function.nushell" }
+        "2": { "name": "entity.name.function.nushell" },
+        "3": { "name": "entity.name.type.nushell" },
+        "4": { "name": "entity.name.function.nushell" }
       },
       "end": "(?<=\\})",
       "patterns": [