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I uploaded a smart contract written in Solidity to github but it is not syntax highlighted. Instead it looks like a regular text file. I would like syntax highlighting to be shown on Github. How do I achieve that?

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  • I think this is a very valid question and relevant to this forum. I think it should be reopened.
    – Thorkil Værge
    Apr 27, 2018 at 13:19
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    As of January/2020 this is not needed anymore as github recognizes .sol files automatically
    – Willian Mitsuda
    Jan 2, 2020 at 2:47
  • Yup, can confirm that a .gitattributes file is not needed anymore.
    – Paul Razvan Berg
    Oct 8, 2021 at 16:48

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You need to tell github that this file is a Solidity file. Github will not recongnize .sol files automatically at the moment. Add this line to your .gitattributes file:

*.sol linguist-language=Solidity

If you do not have a .gitattributes file you need to create one and place it in the root directory of your git project.

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  • That doesn't seem to work anymore. Is there a newer method that works?
    – schemar
    Mar 4, 2019 at 16:04
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    @schemar it does work, you may have to wait a while, or push another commit to .sol files for it to take effect.
    – Adrin
    Nov 1, 2019 at 18:17

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