Prefer text mime types over binary ones

lib/linguist/mime.rb

@@ -19,20 +19,9 @@ File.read(File.expand_path("../mimes.yml", __FILE__)).lines.each do |line|
 
   if extensions
     extensions.split(/,/).each do |extension|
-      if extension =~ /^-(\w+)/
-        extension = $1
-        mime_type.extensions.delete(extension)
-
-        MIME::Types.instance_eval do
-          @__types__.instance_eval do
-            @extension_index[extension].delete(mime_type)
-          end
-        end
-      else
       mime_type.extensions << extension
     end
   end
-  end
 
   mime_type.encoding = encoding
 
@@ -72,6 +61,8 @@ module Linguist
 
     # Internal: Lookup mime type for extension or mime type
     #
+    # ext_or_mime_type - A file extension ".txt" or mime type "text/plain".
+    #
     # Returns a MIME::Type
     def self.lookup_mime_type_for(ext_or_mime_type)
       ext_or_mime_type ||= ''
@@ -82,6 +73,10 @@ module Linguist
         guesses = ::MIME::Types.type_for(ext_or_mime_type)
       end
 
+      # Prefer text mime types over binary
+      guesses.detect { |type| type.ascii? } ||
+
+        # Otherwise use the first guess
         guesses.first
     end
   end

lib/linguist/mimes.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ application/vnd.openofficeorg.extension @oxt
 application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation @pptx
 application/x-chrome-extension @crx
 application/x-ms-xbap @xbap :8bit
-application/x-pagemaker @-pm
 application/x-shockwave-flash @swf
 application/x-silverlight-app @xap
 application/x-troff-ms :8bit
@@ -48,4 +47,3 @@ application/xaml+xml @xaml :8bit
 image/x-icns @icns
 text/cache-manifest @manifest
 text/x-nimrod @nim
-video/vnd.nokia.interleaved-multimedia @-nim