This is a major release as this will be the first release shipping with the new centroid-based classifier. Massive thanks to @smola for adding this improvement.

This release will also see the default branch of this repo change from master to main. This won't affect any current PRs and the Codespaces dev env should continue to work as before.

If you're working off a local clone of this repo, you can update your refs for the new name as follows:

$ cd linguist
$ git fetch origin
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

What's Changed

• Clarify sentence in CONTRIBUTING by @lishaduck in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6887
• Manually remove module in .git when replacing grammars by @lildude in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6990
• Add support for Java Template Engine by @maths22 in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6610
• VB6: Replace VB.NET's grammar by VBA's grammar by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6894
• Remove backreferences in regex patterns for XML Property List and JavaScript by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6897
• Replace mcfunction grammar by @RitikShah in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6916
• Split Cairo out into separate Cairo and Cairo Zero languages by @mkaput in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6917
• Change Q# grammar repository by @ScottCarda-MS in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6934
• Add Noir by @critesjosh in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6432
• Add the Cylc language. by @oliver-sanders in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6832
• Add a TextMate grammar for PowerBuilder by @micha4w in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6875
• Mark deno.lock as generated by @lishaduck in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6885
• Add iCalendar Language by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6940
• Add VCF data formats by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6941
• Fix heuristic for extension .yy (JSON vs Yacc) by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6976
• Replace Just grammar by @nefrob in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6985
• Optimization: Use match? instead of match by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7003
• Add B4X by @DecimalTurn in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6965
• Replace the WDL language grammar by @claymcleod in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6972
• Add uv.lock as a TOML file by @edgarrmondragon in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7006
• Carbon language support by @btd2010 in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7011
• Add support for HOSTS.TXT files by @Alhadis in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7014
• Add .peggy for PEG.js by @spenserblack in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7017
• New Centroid-based Classifier by @smola in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/5103
• Add vimscript alias to Vim Script by @jmdevin in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7020
• Add the LiveCode Script language. by @torocruzand in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6833
• Change PEG.js to use Peggy grammar by @spenserblack in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7018
• Add Dune (OCaml build system) by @kisaragi-hiu in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6814
• Add .resource extension to Robot Framework by @Noordsestern in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6500

New Contributors

• @lishaduck made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6887
• @maths22 made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6610
• @RitikShah made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6916
• @mkaput made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6917
• @ScottCarda-MS made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6934
• @critesjosh made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6432
• @oliver-sanders made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6832
• @micha4w made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6875
• @nefrob made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6985
• @claymcleod made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6972
• @edgarrmondragon made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7006
• @btd2010 made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7011
• @jmdevin made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/7020
• @torocruzand made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6833
• @kisaragi-hiu made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6814
• @Noordsestern made their first contribution in https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6500

Full Changelog: https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/compare/v7.30.0...v8.0.0