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| -rw-r--r-- | src/args.rs | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs index 63080703..77210a8f 100644 --- a/src/args.rs +++ b/src/args.rs @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Less common options: --mmap Search using memory maps when possible. This is enabled by default when ripgrep thinks it will be faster. (Note that mmap searching - doesn't current support the various context related options.) + doesn't currently support the various context related options.) --no-mmap Never use memory maps, even when they might be faster. @@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ impl RawArgs { false } else if self.flag_mmap { true + } else if cfg!(windows) { + // On Windows, memory maps appear faster than read calls. Neat. + true } else { // If we're only searching a few paths and all of them are // files, then memory maps are probably faster. |