Guess .h language

lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb

@@ -269,8 +269,12 @@ module Linguist
     # Returns a Language object
     def language
       if text?
-        # First see if there is a Language for the extension
-        if Language.find_by_extension(extname)
+        # If its a header file (.h) try to guess the language
+        if language = header_language
+          language
+
+        # See if there is a Language for the extension
+        elsif Language.find_by_extension(extname)
           pathname.language
 
         # Try to detect Language from shebang line
@@ -293,6 +297,21 @@ module Linguist
       language.lexer
     end
 
+    # Internal: Guess language of header files (.h).
+    #
+    # Returns a Language.
+    def header_language
+      return unless extname == '.h'
+
+      if lines.grep(/^@(interface|property|private|public|end)/).any?
+        Language['Objective-C']
+      elsif lines.grep(/^class |^\s+(public|protected|private):/).any?
+        Language['C++']
+      else
+        Language['C']
+      end
+    end
+
     # Internal: Extract the script name from the shebang line
     #
     # Requires Blob#data

test/fixtures/blob/Foo.h

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+
+@interface Foo : NSObject {
+    
+}
+
+@end

test/fixtures/blob/Foo.m

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#import "Foo.h"
+
+
+@implementation Foo
+
+@end

test/fixtures/blob/FooAppDelegate.h

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+@interface FooAppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate> {
+@private
+    NSWindow *window;
+}
+
+@property (assign) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
+
+@end

test/fixtures/blob/FooAppDelegate.m

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#import "FooAppDelegate.h"
+
+@implementation FooAppDelegate
+
+@synthesize window;
+
+- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
+{
+    // Insert code here to initialize your application
+}
+
+@end

test/fixtures/blob/bar.h

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Bar
+{
+  protected:
+
+    char *name;
+
+  public:
+
+    void hello();
+}

test/fixtures/blob/bar.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Bar
+{
+  protected:
+
+    char *name;
+
+  public:
+
+    void hello();
+}

test/fixtures/blob/hello.c

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void main()
+{
+    printf("Hello World\n");
+}

test/fixtures/blob/hello.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+    cout << "Hello World" << endl;
+}

test/fixtures/blob/hello.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef HELLO_H
+#define HELLO_H
+
+void hello();
+
+#endif

test/fixtures/blob/hello.m

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    NSLog(@"Hello, World!\n");
+    return 0;
+}

test/test_blob.rb

@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal Language['Ruby'],        blob("script.rb").language
     assert_equal Language['Text'],        blob("octocat.png").language
     assert_equal Language['Ruby'],        blob("wrong_shebang.rb").language
+    assert_equal Language['C'],           blob("hello.c").language
+    assert_equal Language['C'],           blob("hello.h").language
+    assert_equal Language['C++'],         blob("hello.cpp").language
+    assert_equal Language['C++'],         blob("bar.h").language
+    assert_equal Language['C++'],         blob("bar.hpp").language
+    assert_equal Language['Objective-C'], blob("hello.m").language
+    assert_equal Language['Objective-C'], blob("Foo.m").language
+    assert_equal Language['Objective-C'], blob("Foo.h").language
+    assert_equal Language['Objective-C'], blob("FooAppDelegate.m").language
+    assert_equal Language['Objective-C'], blob("FooAppDelegate.h").language
   end
 
   def test_lexer