/// <summary>
/// Strips a string of any leading whitespace that exists
/// for all lines of the string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="code"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string StripIndentation(string code)
{
    // normalize tabs to 3 spaces
    string text = code.Replace("\t", "   ");
 
    string[] lines = text.Split(new string[3] { "\r\n", "\r", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
 
    // keep track of the smallest indent
    int minPadding = 1000;
 
    foreach (var line in lines)
    {
        if (line.Length == 0)  // ignore blank lines
            continue;
 
        char[] chars = line.ToCharArray();
        int count = 0;
        foreach (char chr in chars)
        {
            if (chr == ' ' && count < minPadding)
                count++;
            else
                break;
        }
        if (count == 0)
            return code;
 
        minPadding = count;
    }
 
    string strip = new String(' ', minPadding);
 
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    foreach (var line in lines)
    {
        sb.AppendLine(StringUtils.ReplaceStringInstance(line, strip, "", 1, false));
    }
 
    return sb.ToString();
}