a bit sloppy but working

lua/config/indent-blankline.lua

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+require("indent_blankline").setup {
+    indentLine_enabled = 1,
+    char = "▏",
+    filetype_exclude = {
+        "startify", "dashboard", "dotooagenda", "log", "fugitive", "gitcommit",
+        "packer", "vimwiki", "markdown", "json", "txt", "vista", "help",
+        "todoist", "NvimTree", "peekaboo", "git", "TelescopePrompt", "undotree",
+        "flutterToolsOutline", "" -- for all buffers without a file type
+    },
+    buftype_exclude = {"terminal", "nofile"},
+    show_trailing_blankline_indent = false,
+    show_first_indent_level = true,
+    show_current_context = true,
+    char_list = {"|", "¦", "┆", "┊"},
+    space_char = " ",
+    context_patterns = {
+        "class", "function", "method", "block", "list_literal", "selector",
+        "^if", "^table", "if_statement", "while", "for"
+    }
+}