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diff --git a/doc/user/project/highlighting.md b/doc/user/project/highlighting.md index aa8cf4549e2..728f51a8062 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/highlighting.md +++ b/doc/user/project/highlighting.md @@ -14,18 +14,23 @@ The [Web IDE](web_ide/index.md) and [Snippets](../snippets.md) use [Monaco Edito for text editing, which internally uses the [Monarch](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/monarch.html) library for syntax highlighting. +<!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = NO --> + If GitLab is guessing wrong, you can override its choice of language using the -`gitlab-language` attribute in `.gitattributes`. For example, if you are working in a -<!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = NO --> Prolog <!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = YES --> +`gitlab-language` attribute in `.gitattributes`. For example, if you are working in a Prolog project and using the `.pl` file extension (which would normally be highlighted as Perl), you can add the following to your `.gitattributes` file: +<!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = YES --> + ``` conf *.pl gitlab-language=prolog ``` <!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = NO --> + When you check in and push that change, all `*.pl` files in your project are highlighted as Prolog. + <!-- vale gitlab.Spelling = YES --> The paths here are Git's built-in [`.gitattributes` interface](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes). So, if you were to invent a file format called a `Nicefile` at the root of your project that used Ruby syntax, all you need is: @@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ To disable highlighting entirely, use `gitlab-language=text`. Lots more fun shen /other-file gitlab-language=text?token=Error ``` -Please note that these configurations only take effect when the `.gitattributes` +These configurations only take effect when the `.gitattributes` file is in your [default branch](repository/branches/default.md). NOTE: |