# Generic language configuration

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/generic-language-configuration/10762>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [December 5, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/generic-language-configuration/10762 "2020-12-05T18:59:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mcandre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/mcandre/32/5766_2.png) [@mcandre](https://travis-ci.community/u/mcandre)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/generic-language-configuration/10762/1 "2020-12-05T18:59:53Z")

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Some of the repos I wish to manage with Travis actually involve dozens of programming languages. Now, I’m happy to customize the packages and scripts to suit my needs. But I would like a clear way to indicate this in the `language` key, such as `language: ""` or `language: "none"`, `language: "generic"`, or similar enum value. Can we please get an option for this?

[https://config.travis-ci.com/ref/language](https://config.travis-ci.com/ref/language)

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/generic-language-configuration/10762/2 "2020-12-06T11:21:03Z")

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Use [`language: generic`](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/minimal-and-generic/) (or even `language: minimal` if you don’t need the additional preinstalled software).

If you need to distinguish your jobs with a marker other than the OS + language + language version + envvars (this is usually sufficient), you can manually [`name:`](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-stages/#naming-your-jobs-within-build-stages) them.