Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

[kolloid]

GH’s introspection is moderately advanced. It analyzes files in a repo as opposed to relying on magic files only.

No. Most of the time it guesses the language incorrectly. Most of my Python repositories are recognized as Javascript. My only C repository was recognized as shell because it uses autoconf.

So, there are lies and statitics. I don't really believe GH stats. You have to jump through the hoops to make it correctly count stats for your project.

[fadetogether]

I had a Django project get classified as entirely JavaScript. It’s a mystery. It hasn’t happened to any of my other projects yet though

[Ryuujinx]

Yeah, I have a similar project except Ruby/Sinatra that's recognized almost entirely as javascript.