Try to use memory maps more aggressively on Windows.

Some brief playing around suggests that it is faster.

However, it's probably slower in a VM. Let's prioritize native users.

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.