[vim/vim] filetype: starlark files are not recognized (PR #18807)

Bruno BELANYI

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Nov 25, 2025, 6:47:27 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25

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Problem: Starlark (previously Skylark) files are not recognized.
Solution: Detect both as bzl (Vim's name for this filetype).

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https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/18807

Commit Summary

fd912af filetype: starlark files are not recognized

File Changes

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M runtime/filetype.vim (5)
M src/testdir/test_filetype.vim (2)

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dkearns

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Nov 25, 2025, 6:51:24 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25

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@dkearns requested changes on this pull request.

Thanks. These changes should go in runtime/autoload/dist/ft.vim now.

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Bruno BELANYI

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Nov 25, 2025, 6:58:40 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25

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@ambroisie pushed 1 commit.

cc4b2d5 filetype: skylark files are not recognized

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Bruno BELANYI

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Nov 25, 2025, 7:00:41 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25

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ambroisie left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

@dkearns done.

I noticed that starlark is used in ftdetect, but there are no ftplugin files for this filetype. Should there be shim which sources bzl's?

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 27, 2025, 3:48:12 PM (2 days ago) Nov 27

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

Is this correct?

A quick google search suggests, that *.sky is used for a few different file types> https://file.org/extension/sky
And also I couldn't find some references to *.skylark files. So do you have any references?

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Bruno BELANYI

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Nov 27, 2025, 4:45:53 PM (2 days ago) Nov 27

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ambroisie left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

@chrisbra I know for sure that sky is used. I added skylark to mirror with star and starlark, though I've never seen the latter being used.

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 27, 2025, 5:17:07 PM (2 days ago) Nov 27

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

Can you mention a reference for this please?

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Bruno BELANYI

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Nov 27, 2025, 5:50:42 PM (2 days ago) Nov 27

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ambroisie left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

For .sky? https://docs.bazel.build/versions/0.17.1/skylark/spec.html still refers to it in some examples (Ctrl-f a.sky)

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 28, 2025, 3:46:52 PM (yesterday) Nov 28

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18807)

okay thanks. Then let me just include the *.sky thing.

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 28, 2025, 3:52:53 PM (yesterday) Nov 28

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Closed #18807 via 3ba6a97.

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dkearns

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