Forcing syntax highlighting for file X

[ThomDietrich]

This is an example and can be adopted to a lot of cases.

I've got a samba configuration file (smb.conf) and it ends with the vim modeline # vim: filetype=samba, which is necessary as the filename can change and vim would identify it incorrectly.

Is there a way to overwrite the Linguist syntax highlighting (on GitHub, see link above) with a specific language (in this case "ini") without compromising the vim modeline / function. The setting smb.conf linguist-language=ini in gitattributes doesn't seem to have any effect.

[pchaigno]

The setting smb.conf linguist-language=ini in gitattributes doesn't seem to have any effect.

Do you have a link to the repository where you tried that? You might need to state the absolute path.

[ThomDietrich]

The link is hidden behind smb.conf above :)
I've tried the absolute path as well. Let me re-add this change so you can have a look.

[ThomDietrich]

@pchaigno any other way I can help resolve this issue?

[ThomDietrich]

@pchaigno not trying to be pushy ... :)

[pchaigno]

@ThomDietrich Sorry for the delay :S

The file looks highlighted as expected (meaning, as an INI file). What were you expecting to be different?

[ThomDietrich]

@pchaigno now it is indeed working, even without the gitattributes setting. I swear it didn't when I was creating the issue 😅
I'll close the issue, reopen if I encounter the problem again. Thanks for your help!

[ThomDietrich]

Everyone encountering similar issues: settings inside .gitattributes need some time to propagate through GitHub. Just give it a few hours.