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+" Taken from https://github.com/elixir-editors/vim-elixir - full plugin not
+" needed due to treesitter support
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ex,*.exs set filetype=elixir
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.eex,*.heex,*.leex,*.sface,*.lexs set filetype=eelixir
+au BufRead,BufNewFile mix.lock set filetype=elixir
+au BufRead,BufNewFile * call s:DetectElixir()
+
+function! s:DetectElixir()
+  if (!did_filetype() || &filetype !=# 'elixir') && getline(1) =~# '^#!.*\<elixir\>'
+    set filetype=elixir
+  endif
+endfunction