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Ensure Auxilary viewers work as expected

As part of the Repository blob refactor we need to ensure that the Auxilary viewers still work as expected.

For instance when viewing a package.json file, the auxiliary viewer displays Analyzing file….

Before (incorrect) After (correct)
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Files with Auxilary viewers

Ref: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/app/models/blob.rb#L48

  • GitlabCiYml,
  • RouteMap,
  • Readme,
  • License,
  • Contributing,
  • Changelog,
  • MetricsDashboardYml,
  • CargoToml,
  • Cartfile,
  • ComposerJson,
  • Gemfile,
  • Gemspec,
  • GodepsJson,
  • GoMod,
  • PackageJson,
  • Podfile,
  • Podspec,
  • PodspecJson,
  • RequirementsTxt,
  • YarnLock

Possible fix

We need to ensure we init the Auxilary viewers when we load the blob app.