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How can I change the language of a repository on GitHub?

GitHub search allows filtering repositories by language. How can I set a repository to a specific language?

Solution

  • As VonC mentioned in the comments, you can put your libraries under "vendors" or "thirdparty" and the files won't be analysed by linguist, the tool GitHub uses to analyse the language in your code.

    # Vendored dependencies
- third[-_]?party/
- 3rd[-_]?party/
- vendors?/
- extern(al)?/

    Later, they added more folder names.