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Shouldn't the extension be .dot?

.gz is already used by gzip[1]. This wiki[2] says it is .gv . I've always used .dot so I don't know what to use anymore.

edit: according to this[3] discussion , Microsoft uses .dot. I then found this wiki[4] page that supports the claim. dot is used by Microsoft Word document template files. I will switch to .gv

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_languag...

[3] https://forum.graphviz.org/t/what-is-the-file-extension-for-...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_filename_extensions_(A... [4]

I've used .dot in the past and stumbled upon issues with git related tools (I believe git diff) interpreting the .dot file as a word related file. I'm using .gv now.

Oh right, back in the day .dot was a template file.

.doc = document, .dot = document template.

Typo: meant .gv (edited above)

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