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[FR] Linux config files predefined filetypes

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Description

Description

Many Linux config files in /usr/share/ /etc/ ~/.config/ ~/.* ~/.local/share, etc. have extensions (usually .conf) do not correspond to actual content.

for example my ~/.config/micro/settings.json

{
   "/etc/default/grub": {
      "filetype": "bash"
   },
   "/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf": {
      "filetype": "toml"
   },
   "*.conf": {
      "filetype": "toml"
   },
   "**/avahi/*.service": {
      "filetype": "xml"
   },
   "*.hook":{
      "filetype":"toml"
   },
   "/usr/share/dbus-1/*.conf":{
      "filetype":"xml"
   }
}

and this is far to be complete. Let's add some config-filetypes.json to all-users config for micro. I am pretty sure somebody have better more full list.

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Research direction

Review the existing all-users configuration handling and the proposed config-filetypes.json alongside ~/.config/micro/settings.json. Use the listed Linux paths and patterns as the initial cases, then verify that the completed configuration maps them to the intended filetypes without changing unrelated settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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