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diff --git a/book/src/languages.md b/book/src/languages.md index 944ebf09..7e49a603 100644 --- a/book/src/languages.md +++ b/book/src/languages.md @@ -78,24 +78,26 @@ from the above section. `file-types` is a list of strings or tables, for example: ```toml -file-types = ["Makefile", "toml", { suffix = ".git/config" }] +file-types = ["toml", { glob = "Makefile" }, { glob = ".git/config" }, { glob = ".github/workflows/*.yaml" } ] ``` When determining a language configuration to use, Helix searches the file-types with the following priorities: -1. Exact match: if the filename of a file is an exact match of a string in a - `file-types` list, that language wins. In the example above, `"Makefile"` - will match against `Makefile` files. -2. Extension: if there are no exact matches, any `file-types` string that - matches the file extension of a given file wins. In the example above, the - `"toml"` matches files like `Cargo.toml` or `languages.toml`. -3. Suffix: if there are still no matches, any values in `suffix` tables - are checked against the full path of the given file. In the example above, - the `{ suffix = ".git/config" }` would match against any `config` files - in `.git` directories. Note: `/` is used as the directory separator but is - replaced at runtime with the appropriate path separator for the operating - system, so this rule would match against `.git\config` files on Windows. +1. Glob: values in `glob` tables are checked against the full path of the given + file. Globs are standard Unix-style path globs (e.g. the kind you use in Shell) + and can be used to match paths for a specific prefix, suffix, directory, etc. + In the above example, the `{ glob = "Makefile" }` config would match files + with the name `Makefile`, the `{ glob = ".git/config" }` config would match + `config` files in `.git` directories, and the `{ glob = ".github/workflows/*.yaml" }` + config would match any `yaml` files in `.github/workflow` directories. Note + that globs should always use the Unix path separator `/` even on Windows systems; + the matcher will automatically take the machine-specific separators into account. + If the glob isn't an absolute path or doesn't already start with a glob prefix, + `*/` will automatically be added to ensure it matches for any subdirectory. +2. Extension: if there are no glob matches, any `file-types` string that matches + the file extension of a given file wins. In the example above, the `"toml"` + config matches files like `Cargo.toml` or `languages.toml`. ## Language Server configuration |