One reason might be that `text/*` files follow the POSIX standard for text files [1], where no lines can exceed `{LINE_MAX}` bytes in length (and `LINE_MAX` dep

One reason might be that `text/*` files follow the POSIX standard for text files [1], where no lines can exceed `{LINE_MAX}` bytes in length (and `LINE_MAX` depends on your OS). I don't believe the YAML spec has any rules on how long lines can be, so this means that some files won't technically be text files. (and some UNIX tools line-based tools might not work correctly on them). [1]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1...