pygments / pygments/pygments

HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) Support

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  • #1756 by @lgiordani — merged
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Description

The HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) is becoming very popular these days and also very handy to have in other projects such as MediaWiki, which make use of pygments.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #1353 and the linked pull request #1756, then check whether HCL support is already present in the current Pygments tree. Done means confirming the status of HCL syntax-highlighting support and identifying any remaining work after the merged pull request.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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