Editor hints (vim modelines + VSCode associations) for extension-less configs#3
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After moving gitconfig/gitignore/gitattributes/npmrc/nix.conf to their XDG locations, none have file extensions anymore, so editors fall back to plain text. Add hints two ways: 1. Vim modelines (top of each file) using the file's native comment syntax: '#' for gitconfig/gitattributes/gitignore/nix.conf, ';' for npmrc. Works in vim/nvim/emacs. 2. .vscode/settings.json with files.associations -- workspace-scoped, activates whenever the repo is opened as a VSCode workspace. Verified git still parses xdg/git/config with the modeline (it's a valid '#' comment line).
Bare paths like 'xdg/git/config' weren't matching reliably in VS Code's files.associations. The **/-prefixed form matches the same path from any depth (still matches from workspace root) and works consistently across VS Code versions.
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Summary
The XDG-relocated config files (xdg/git/{config,attributes,ignore}, xdg/npm/npmrc, xdg/nix/nix.conf) have no extensions, so editors fall back to plain text. Two complementary hints:
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