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Linguist is a programming language detection library designed to identify the languages used within source code files and software repositories. It functions as a repository metadata classifier, providing the automated analysis necessary to generate language statistics and insights for version control platforms. The tool employs a strategy-based detection pipeline that combines multiple identification methods to ensure accuracy. It utilizes heuristic-based pattern matching for file extensions and filenames, supplemented by regex-driven content analysis and Bayesian statistical classification