{{- $file := .Get "file" -}}
{{- $lang := .Get "lang" | default "" -}}
{{- $path := path.Join "content" $file -}}
{{- $content := readFile $path -}}
{{/* Strip YAML frontmatter (--- ... ---) */}}
{{- $content = replaceRE "(?s)^---\\s*\\n.*?\\n---\\s*\\n" "" $content -}}
{{/* Strip leading blank lines */}}
{{- $content = strings.TrimLeft "\n" $content -}}
{{- if $lang -}}
{{/* Dedent: detect and strip uniform leading indentation using regex */}}
{{- $lines := split $content "\n" -}}
{{- $minLen := 9999 -}}
{{- range $lines -}}
  {{- $stripped := strings.TrimLeft " " . -}}
  {{- if gt (len $stripped) 0 -}}
    {{- $diff := sub (len .) (len $stripped) -}}
    {{- if lt ($diff | int) $minLen -}}{{- $minLen = ($diff | int) -}}{{- end -}}
  {{- end -}}
{{- end -}}
{{- if gt $minLen 0 -}}
  {{- $pattern := printf "(?m)^%s" (strings.Repeat $minLen " ") -}}
  {{- $content = replaceRE $pattern "" $content -}}
{{- end -}}
{{ transform.Highlight $content $lang }}
{{- else -}}
{{ $content | safeHTML }}
{{- end -}}