MANIFEST.MF files are mistakenly interpreted as Metafont files

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Peter Friese

about 1 year ago

Hi,

lots of Java projects, especially OSGi- or Eclipse-related ones, contain MANIFEST.MF files that serve as some kind of meta description.

These files should not be detected as Metafont files, but instead as property files.

Peter


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Thomas Aglassinger

6 months ago

I noticed the same. Those files should be easy to recognize. Most of them have a name matching "MANIFEST*.MF" and all of them start with the text "Manifest-Version:".

For reference: the format specification is available at as part of the JDK.