linguist: OSAscript JS is detected incorrectly

Preliminary Steps

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Problem Description

In addition to AppleScript, Apple also allows JavaScript to be used for desktop automation. Such scripts can be executed with #!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript. Linguist incorrectly identifies this as an AppleScript shebang.

URL of the affected repository:

https://github.com/Gaelan/WordGit

Last modified on:

2018-05-30

Expected language:

JavaScript

Detected language:

AppleScript