<title> shell as identified language, change to zsh?

[RayAndrews56]

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Hi all, I'm brand new to github. Just created my first repository, the only issue I can see is that the code is marked as 'shell' which isn't exactly wrong, but I think I'd prefer 'zsh' since that's more to the point. Can do? Should do?

[jge162]

Hello @RayAndrews56 In your local repository, create a new file named .gitattributes

In the .gitattributes file, add the following line to specify the language->

*.sh linguist-language=zsh

[RayAndrews56]

Will that sort of thing work if there is no extension? Like:
'* linguist-language=zsh' ?

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