From 75bb954b2905a9e1d26a68e416b8f7a5d502f7a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Ham <64705+davidham@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:24:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: add editor hints for extension-less config files

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).
---
 .vscode/settings.json | 9 +++++++++
 xdg/git/attributes    | 1 +
 xdg/git/config        | 1 +
 xdg/git/ignore        | 1 +
 xdg/nix/nix.conf      | 1 +
 xdg/npm/npmrc         | 1 +
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .vscode/settings.json

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c3b70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "files.associations": {
+    "xdg/git/config": "properties",
+    "xdg/git/attributes": "properties",
+    "xdg/git/ignore": "ignore",
+    "xdg/npm/npmrc": "properties",
+    "xdg/nix/nix.conf": "properties"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/xdg/git/attributes b/xdg/git/attributes
index 6bdc702..a56ef84 100644
--- a/xdg/git/attributes
+++ b/xdg/git/attributes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# vim: filetype=gitattributes
 # Automatically normalize line endings for all text-based files
 #* text=auto
 # Disabled because of https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/issues/149 :(
diff --git a/xdg/git/config b/xdg/git/config
index 06ebdfe..b06e84a 100644
--- a/xdg/git/config
+++ b/xdg/git/config
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# vim: filetype=gitconfig
 [alias]
 
 	# View abbreviated SHA, description, and history graph of the latest 20 commits
diff --git a/xdg/git/ignore b/xdg/git/ignore
index 476c66e..ae26d4f 100644
--- a/xdg/git/ignore
+++ b/xdg/git/ignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# vim: filetype=gitignore
 .direnv/
 .DS_Store
 **/.claude/settings.local.json
diff --git a/xdg/nix/nix.conf b/xdg/nix/nix.conf
index c7d7291..7f468c5 100644
--- a/xdg/nix/nix.conf
+++ b/xdg/nix/nix.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+# vim: filetype=conf
 experimental-features = nix-command flakes
diff --git a/xdg/npm/npmrc b/xdg/npm/npmrc
index 97b895e..463dbb5 100644
--- a/xdg/npm/npmrc
+++ b/xdg/npm/npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+; vim: filetype=dosini
 ignore-scripts=true

From fa2a694e67e816b00f6a43e9e1d8ae0e79c2928c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Ham <64705+davidham@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:29:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(vscode): use **/ prefix in files.associations globs

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.
---
 .vscode/settings.json | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 9c3b70a..4e23375 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "files.associations": {
-    "xdg/git/config": "properties",
-    "xdg/git/attributes": "properties",
-    "xdg/git/ignore": "ignore",
-    "xdg/npm/npmrc": "properties",
-    "xdg/nix/nix.conf": "properties"
+    "**/xdg/git/config": "properties",
+    "**/xdg/git/attributes": "properties",
+    "**/xdg/git/ignore": "ignore",
+    "**/xdg/npm/npmrc": "properties",
+    "**/xdg/nix/nix.conf": "properties"
   }
 }