kowainik / kowainik/kowainik.github.io

Ignore HTML and CSS files during language calculation

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enhancement question
Dominant language
HTML
Stars
31
Forks
3
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Apparently it's possible to tell GitHub to ignore some files during language calculation. See example here:

We can ignore all HTML and CSS files to not have HTML and CSS as one of our top languages on the main organization page.

Do you think it's a good idea?

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Research direction

Review the repository's language-detection behavior and compare the linked .gitattributes example. Confirm how HTML and CSS are currently counted, then verify that the configuration can exclude both file types and that the resulting language summary no longer ranks them among the top languages.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, github, html
Domain
tooling, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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