How do I get github to syntax highlight Solidity code?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.