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| author | dana <dana@dana.is> | 2020-10-16 08:52:42 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-10-16 09:52:42 -0400 |
| commit | 145cef2eff6e10f3a5dbe1cab4ff0f7f2bc5a2a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 18176b2faa1f6675e549661f913bc3902b0efa41 | |
| parent | 20534fad0404417487318dcc7d6fb5a91835a278 (diff) | |
doc: elaborate on the function of -u/--unrestricted
Fixes #1703
| -rw-r--r-- | crates/core/app.rs | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crates/core/app.rs b/crates/core/app.rs index 74cddbf0..056dc33f 100644 --- a/crates/core/app.rs +++ b/crates/core/app.rs @@ -1945,6 +1945,10 @@ Don't respect ignore files (.gitignore, .ignore, etc.). This implies This does *not* imply --no-ignore-files, since --ignore-file is specified explicitly as a command line argument. +When given only once, the -u flag is identical in behavior to --no-ignore and +can be considered an alias. However, subsequent -u flags have additional +effects; see --unrestricted. + This flag can be disabled with the --ignore flag. " ); @@ -2950,8 +2954,9 @@ fn flag_unrestricted(args: &mut Vec<RGArg>) { const LONG: &str = long!( "\ Reduce the level of \"smart\" searching. A single -u won't respect .gitignore -(etc.) files. Two -u flags will additionally search hidden files and -directories. Three -u flags will additionally search binary files. +(etc.) files (--no-ignore). Two -u flags will additionally search hidden files +and directories (--hidden). Three -u flags will additionally search binary files +(--binary). 'rg -uuu' is roughly equivalent to 'grep -r'. " |