Re: Git GUI Guesses Incorrect Language

From: Sunjay Varma <varma.sunjay@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 9, 2016, 06:59 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJaQC330QPR9h_iZW1amRxkJ8WGnoujdKA8fN49OWdMKUp6gTw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5780A06A.8030901@kdbg.org>

Seems like a file command issue then.

Here's the 'file' command output:

  $ file src/models/pathPlan.jsx src/services/ai.jsx
  src/models/pathPlan.jsx: C++ source, ASCII text
  src/services/ai.jsx:     ASCII text

Sunjay

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

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> Am 09.07.2016 um 06:57 schrieb Sunjay Varma:
>>
>> Just before the first line of my code, it says "C++ source, ASCII text".
>> That file is a JavaScript/ES6 file. The ".jsx" file extension
>> signifies that it may also contain Facebook's special JSX syntax
>> (HTML-like syntax in JavaScript).
>
>
> Git-gui just delegates to the 'file' command. What does
>
>   file src/models/pathPlan.jsx src/services/ai.jsx
>
> report? If that guesses wrongly in the same way, then the authors of the
> file command are the right address for your complaint.
>
> -- Hannes
>