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GDShader / Godot Shading Language

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#7,067 opened on Sep 29, 2024

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Description

Godot shading language, commonly and soon to be officially known as GDShader, https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/10784 is the shading language used by the Godot Engine for its shaders, which is very similar to GLSL in terms

Language name

GDShader

URL of example repository

https://github.com/godotengine/godot

URL of syntax highlighting grammar

Same as GLSL

Most popular extensions

.gdshader, .gdshaderinc

Detected language

Currently is detected as plaintext.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Fork Linguist, study existing language definitions (e.g., GLSL), add a new definition for GDShader with .gdshader and .gdshaderinc extensions, reference the GLSL grammar, and write tests.
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