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by rurounijones 4435 days ago
More info? I have never heard of anything bad about Linguist (And I don't know that much about it.).

Googling didnt bring up anything obvious,
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anaphor 4435 days ago
Parent might be referring to the fact that it can easily give false positives, but I'm not sure.
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bm1362 4435 days ago
I think it's the project that does syntax highlighting for the code browser in Github?
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rurounijones 4435 days ago
It is the software the identifies % of language used in a repository and highlighting etc. https://github.com/github/linguist

I just haven't heard anything bad about it so am curious why OP calls it a "debacle"

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