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| author | Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com> | 2016-12-12 07:03:37 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com> | 2016-12-12 07:03:37 -0500 |
| commit | 8396d3ffaae3784880a6cef25775ba2abd9f4fcf (patch) | |
| tree | 89773e783cd53e894ed0bb4fd88ac7b2193cd8ac /doc | |
| parent | 652c70f207ccfd859055c0bde09cbd6cc4a3d263 (diff) | |
Make backreference support clear.
Fixes #268.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rg.1 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rg.1.md | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ rg [\f[I]options\f[]] \-\-version ripgrep (rg) combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw speed of grep. .PP +ripgrep\[aq]s regex engine uses finite automata and guarantees linear +time searching. +Because of this, features like backreferences and arbitrary lookaround +are not supported. +.PP Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep .SH COMMON OPTIONS .TP diff --git a/doc/rg.1.md b/doc/rg.1.md index f0fed3da..466a3539 100644 --- a/doc/rg.1.md +++ b/doc/rg.1.md @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ rg [*options*] --version ripgrep (rg) combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw speed of grep. +ripgrep's regex engine uses finite automata and guarantees linear time +searching. Because of this, features like backreferences and arbitrary +lookaround are not supported. + Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep # COMMON OPTIONS |