Language bar not showing on GitHub repository
I recently encountered an issue with my GitHub repository, mkdocs-link-favicon, where the language bar was not being generated. After some investigation, I discovered that GitHub uses a library called Linguist to create language breakdown graphs, and these graphs are recalculated every time changes are pushed to a repository. You can find more details on this process here.
The source code for my project is located in the docs folder, and unfortunately, this folder is excluded from the Linguist analysis.
To address this issue, you can override the Linguist settings by adding a .gitattributes file to your repository. More information about the possible customizations can be found here.
Warning
Note the use of the minus sign ("-") before linguist-documentation, which ensures the inclusion of all files and directories in the docs folder.
You can test these settings locally using a Docker image for Linguist. Simply navigate to your repository in PowerShell and execute the following command:
This Docker command allows you to simulate the Linguist environment locally and verify whether the language bar is being generated correctly.
