A few huge .md files list the whole repository as "HTML" (ignores .gitattributes which has *.md linguist-vendored). Wish to list as "C/C++"

[SwuduSusuwu]

https://github.com/SwuduSusuwu/ shows just language "HTML" for SubStack.
https://github.com/SwuduSusuwu/SubStack/blob/trunk/.gitattributes == *.md linguist-vendored

~/SubStack $ git check-attr --all ./*/*
./c/README.md: linguist-vendored: set
./posts/AlbatrossCNS.md: linguist-vendored: set
./posts/CnsCompress.md: linguist-vendored: set
./posts/VirusAnalysis.md: linguist-vendored: set
~/SubStack $ cat .gitattributes
*.md linguist-vendored

~/SubStack $ git ls-tree -r trunk --long
100644 blob 3c9ab520b40624d907e6266572933b33036bd1f1     981    .clang-tidy
100644 blob 09e4c76ca64d33dee2dec6cf02c957bff21fdb71      24    .gitattributes
100644 blob c26c2ef6c51332d63be738663c834453143d7ed8     922    .github/FUNDING.yml
100644 blob a24268e44c96394b897f1a3f5f6a8d0c36502d4f     836    .gitignore
100644 blob 261eeb9e9f8b2b4b0d119366dda99c6fd7d35c64   11357    LICENSE
100644 blob 300f627dbb72ec41f42f5e65bd035db2b029f555    3319    README.md
100755 blob beb52f49c8bcb015f6143c561082fbf855a0b692    2466    build.sh
100644 blob ca70502f4ac1072c8a7fc258fb4f15870ba20ab8    1198    c/README.md
100644 blob bd12ef2e1779ffd353fa153dffa931755a6f7247   10183    c/rfc6234/hkdf.c
100644 blob 943dbe51a64dccf5025c28bb21d66ce364ed455d    7035    c/rfc6234/hmac.c
100644 blob bd42ebe2aa372e000283afdacbc89d322911e4a9  279240    c/rfc6234/rfc6234.html
100644 blob 9ccc8dd2622db502fa2a1a4f4b8a72adba10ebdf     890    c/rfc6234/sha-private.h
100644 blob 6acafe40e454efb2e2a363927ceec64531faedfa   14015    c/rfc6234/sha.h
100644 blob ded7a1256ef0622c67f1a72cd4889fbfcd2b1042   12542    c/rfc6234/sha1.c
100644 blob 2aafc31d03fedda4ebcb8ab108b0daae93ce8f7d   18132    c/rfc6234/sha224-256.c
100644 blob e0733e03ae8bb46559d131f805897d9a8ea4527e   37783    c/rfc6234/sha384-512.c
100644 blob c56a2e9e7eb6c382b999cc77fc1bdd3a59f071a9   62970    c/rfc6234/shatest.c
100644 blob ec42be6ac83745e8c2687b829308285a920a29b4     669    c/rfc6234/stdintexample.h
100644 blob 93c1f1e3912144c98fceb1760eccfaf8670dcf0d    7103    c/rfc6234/usha.c
100644 blob d0b1008af34f893f1533fe3587555d7b758b897b    6287    cxx/AssistantCns.cxx
100644 blob e1f184ac42b5b24c53be2da098946adf5a1eadd8    4754    cxx/AssistantCns.hxx
100644 blob ff69a6d37055ea9541e3e72f4cb7836e61729b83    2254    cxx/ClassClass.hxx
100644 blob fff52df33faa014c176cb5a6deb6e572053e1ab7    7548    cxx/ClassCns.cxx
100644 blob d98dd317269deb821dbee83262badc5845a36afb   10646    cxx/ClassCns.hxx
100644 blob f694d97bb9c79008f37bc42573aa5f295e9485be    1350    cxx/ClassPortableExecutable.hxx
100644 blob b05edd527489196bbc9e11503a414d6a39b05809     289    cxx/ClassResultList.cxx
100644 blob 8f5da97c4eaace12f3f526f8b484fbb03e0eb7a1    5817    cxx/ClassResultList.hxx
100644 blob 23f8728829c2df399979952957b24b7d1fc140c7    1904    cxx/ClassSha2.cxx
100644 blob ecacfb38cc0f94c4fee28106a0c094ff9c0db837     848    cxx/ClassSha2.hxx
100644 blob 261eeb9e9f8b2b4b0d119366dda99c6fd7d35c64   11357    cxx/LICENSE
100644 blob 733ff094cee9fd416dd63573f0a54b31b9eca61d    4111    cxx/Macros.hxx
100644 blob 918d2e39c80285624c7c2a8838872dcf3546cfe2   10520    cxx/VirusAnalysis.cxx
100644 blob 9a7e0bba97c8e326b3e47a7a8b5b4bcdb3fac1aa    8196    cxx/VirusAnalysis.hxx
100644 blob 3857e25b36d93d8a06f7b51af9149ec2747a9e07    1526    cxx/main.cxx
100644 blob 83b83baf70b1b678953e88e19c4c1b44e1c7e7fe   39107    posts/AlbatrossCNS.md
100644 blob 1b5cdee18e8ee6bd5cabd9f72570834384246006   10118    posts/CnsCompress.md
100644 blob 261eeb9e9f8b2b4b0d119366dda99c6fd7d35c64   11357    posts/LICENSE
100644 blob e5aad1ff87ddf26097ee3712696561782ef5136c   56930    posts/VirusAnalysis.md
~/SubStack $

[lildude]

Your override is unnecessary as Linguist doesn't count Markdown files by default. The reason your repo is showing HTML is because your one HTML file in the repo outweighs all other languages in terms of total bytes of code:

100644 blob bd42ebe2aa372e000283afdacbc89d322911e4a9  279240    c/rfc6234/rfc6234.html

At 273kb it is clearly much bigger than all the other files.

If you click HTML in the sidebar you'll see it's the only search result for that language confirming this file is the reason.

If you don't want it to count, vendor that file or extension, not .md.

Oh yes, and the language shown on the repo listing is showing the predominant language in the repo based on bytes of code, not what the repo language is.

[SwuduSusuwu]

Oops. Cool fix
After s/.md/.html/ the "HTML" mark is gone.
But now does not list any languages, how to get it to list as "C/C++"?

[lildude]

But now does not list any languages, how to get it to list as "C/C++"?

🤨 I'm seeing languages:

Maybe you didn't wait for the background job to finish before commenting

[lildude]

If you want C++, write more C++ 😁 (or use an override to hide C files)

[SwuduSusuwu]

*.html -linguist-vendored -> c/rfc6234/* -linguist-vendored success