From b0c557272da226de8ee9e05f930f35c5c0b717ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Okugbe <16838612+Philipinho@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 08:01:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix nested taskList in markdown export (#1443)

---
 .../src/integrations/export/turndown-utils.ts       | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/integrations/export/turndown-utils.ts b/apps/server/src/integrations/export/turndown-utils.ts
index 54fdef12..b20e6733 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/integrations/export/turndown-utils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/integrations/export/turndown-utils.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,17 @@ function taskList(turndownService: TurndownService) {
         'input[type="checkbox"]',
       ) as HTMLInputElement;
       const isChecked = checkbox.checked;
-
-      return `- ${isChecked ? '[x]' : '[ ]'} ${content.trim()} \n`;
+      
+      // Process content like regular list items
+      content = content
+        .replace(/^\n+/, '') // remove leading newlines
+        .replace(/\n+$/, '\n') // replace trailing newlines with just a single one
+        .replace(/\n/gm, '\n  '); // indent nested content with 2 spaces
+      
+      // Create the checkbox prefix
+      const prefix = `- ${isChecked ? '[x]' : '[ ]'} `;
+      
+      return prefix + content + (node.nextSibling && !/\n$/.test(content) ? '\n' : '');
     },
   });
 }