How to use align regexp to align userscript meta information

There is one userscript, Meta information [1] No strict alignment , Can work , But not pretty , What shall I do? ？

// ==UserScript==
// @name Github Commented Issues
// @namespace https://github.com/jiacai2050
// @description Show your commented issues on github easily.
// @match https://github.com/issues*
// @author jiacai2050
// @version 0.2.3
// @icon https://github.githubassets.com/favicons/favicon.svg
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

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align-regexp to the resuce!

C-u M-x align-regexp @[a-z]+\(\s-*\) RET 1 RET 1 RET n

Before explaining the above command , First look at his signature ：

(align-regexp BEG END REGEXP &optional GROUP SPACING REPEAT)

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•REGEXP Regular for alignment , At least one group namely () , By modifying this group To achieve the effect of alignment

• @[a-z]+\(\s-*\) This regular representation uses @name Zero or more spaces after as modified group

• \s- Said the blank space , For specific grammar, please refer to Regexp-Backslash[2]

• GROUP Indicate which of the regular expressions group Use to make changes to achieve the alignment effect

• SPACING The number of spaces between different columns

• REPEAT Whether it works on this whole line , In this example, it doesn't matter , Because there are only two columns in the end

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Github Commented Issues
// @namespace   https://github.com/jiacai2050
// @description Show your commented issues on github easily.
// @match       https://github.com/issues*
// @author      jiacai2050
// @version     0.2.3
// @icon        https://github.githubassets.com/favicons/favicon.svg
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

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Last , Encapsulate as a function

(defun my/align-userscript-metablock (start end)
  (interactive "r")
  (align-regexp start end
                "@[a-z]+\\(\\s-*\\)" 1 1 t))

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practice

the quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy
dogs the quick brown

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C-u M-x align-regexp \(\s-*\)\s- RET 1 RET 0 RET y

the    quick brown fox
jumped over  the   lazy
dogs   the   quick brown

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Reference resources

• Aligning text[3]

• Aligning columns in Emacs[4]

• Emacs: Align Text[5]

Reference link

[1] Meta information : https://violentmonkey.github.io/api/metadata-block/[2] Regexp-Backslash: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Regexp-Backslash.html[3] Aligning text: http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/aligning-text/[4] Aligning columns in Emacs: https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/emacs-align-columns/[5] Emacs: Align Text: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_align_and_sort.html