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Add language support for pkg-config#7991
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Since the samples database is generated using the pathname of the sample file's directory, the array of languages passed to `Classifier.classify` needs to use the filesystem-safe version of a language's name.
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hilarious colour justification lol. |
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@havocp if you had to pick a colour to represent pkg-config what would it be |
Not a question I have ever considered 😀 probably not forehead color! |
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This pull-request adds language support for
pkg-configmanifests.Description
pkg-config(and its successor,pkgconf) are build utilities for managing project dependencies, compiler options, and other auxiliary information pertaining to installed software libraries. The file format these tools use is well-established and typically installed to directories like /usr/local/share/pkgconfig/.The
.pcfilename suffix is also used by a number of other filetypes whose usage satisfies Linguist's popularity criteria:.pcas its file extension.Checklist
.pc: ~251k search results.pc.in: ~31.1 search resultsmakefile.pc: 196 filesREADME.pc: 324 filesdbFuncs.pc: Source | MITluajit.pc: Source | MITmakefile.pc: Source | BSD 2-ClauseREADME.pc: Source | GPL-3.0yaws.pc.in: Source | BSD 3-Clauseincludedupdated a syntax highlighting grammar:Alhadis/language-etcwas bumped to1137dbcpkg-config:#75b5aa#2b5e82This was selected at random, as neither the
UPDATE: As per @Nixinova's suggestion, I've changed it to the colour used by FreeDesktop.org's logo.pkg-confignorpkgconfprojects have dedicated logos or branding from which to source a colour.#bb8368This was sampled from Larry Ellison's forehead:
pkg-config: Manifests are required to includeName:,Description:andVersion:fields1 (albeit not necessarily in that order).EXEC SQL.2Footnotes
https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/blob/32152be3498f0d9c38dec63ab11a7ae59726db90/man/pc.5#L82-L90 ↩
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10825/pc_02prc.htm#i10149 ↩