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authorAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2019-08-01 17:37:04 -0400
committerAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2019-08-01 17:37:46 -0400
commit052c857da065cb8bd90f48c980ba091b879076d7 (patch)
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parent5e84e784c8a407a0f03bdcbfd6e54c31e9c79663 (diff)
doc: mention .ignore and .rgignore more prominently
Fixes #1284
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@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ increases the times to `2.640s` for ripgrep and `10.277s` for GNU grep.
[the FAQ](FAQ.md#posix4ever) for more details on whether ripgrep can truly
replace grep.)
* Like other tools specialized to code search, ripgrep defaults to recursive
- directory search and won't search files ignored by your `.gitignore` files.
- It also ignores hidden and binary files by default. ripgrep also implements
- full support for `.gitignore`, whereas there are many bugs related to that
- functionality in other code search tools claiming to provide the same
- functionality.
+ directory search and won't search files ignored by your
+ `.gitignore`/`.ignore`/`.rgignore` files. It also ignores hidden and binary
+ files by default. ripgrep also implements full support for `.gitignore`,
+ whereas there are many bugs related to that functionality in other code
+ search tools claiming to provide the same functionality.
* ripgrep can search specific types of files. For example, `rg -tpy foo`
limits your search to Python files and `rg -Tjs foo` excludes Javascript
files from your search. ripgrep can be taught about new file types with