I want to change the repository language to another language that is used in the repository.
Can anyone tell me how to change it?
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1I'm guessing responsibility -> repository, please clarify if not. Did you read [the docs](https://help.github.com/articles/about-repository-languages/)? – jonrsharpe Mar 30 '18 at 11:30
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You edited correct. I mean repository language.! – Harsh Trivedi Mar 30 '18 at 11:34
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Guys, -3? Why so Harsh? (jk) – Michal M Mar 31 '18 at 09:50
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@MichalM I don't know the reason why people down voted this.!! This question is relevant to this tag thought! – Harsh Trivedi Apr 03 '18 at 08:31
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GitHub uses Linguist library to determine repository statistics. You just have to create a .gitattributes files in your repository and add the following commands:
To ignore all CSS files for examples use the linguist-vendored command:
*.html linguist-vendored
To ignore all files in a CSS folder for examples use this syntax:
css/* linguist-vendored
To force a certain file extension to be recognized as a javascript language for example use the linguist-language command:
*.gs linguist-language=Javascript
For more information check the liguist library documentation.
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You don't. It's assigned based on the language most-used in a given repository (not sure if it's file count based or line based though).
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`The percentages are calculated based on the bytes of code for each language` from https://github.com/github/linguist – Chro Feb 24 '20 at 12:03