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authorAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2016-09-24 18:55:48 -0400
committerAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2016-09-24 18:55:48 -0400
commit9ce0484670c9d63c5ac16bb52d2fa026c58e7a37 (patch)
treefddfeab35733298ddb630a5bb086df27452745e6 /doc
parent346bad7dfcceea62e27dba8110ac470fc52ff9bf (diff)
Clarify the documentation of the --type-* flags.
Fixes #15
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/rg.19
-rw-r--r--doc/rg.1.md8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rg.1 b/doc/rg.1
index 9d47e27c..c115844e 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1
+++ b/doc/rg.1
@@ -254,11 +254,16 @@ Show all supported file types and their associated globs.
.TP
.B \-\-type\-add \f[I]ARG\f[] ...
Add a new glob for a particular file type.
-Example: \-\-type\-add html:\f[I]\&.html,\f[].htm
+Note that this must be passed to every invocation of rg.
.RS
.RE
+.PP
+Example: \-\-type\-add html:\f[I]\&.html,\f[].htm
.TP
.B \-\-type\-clear \f[I]TYPE\f[] ...
-Clear the file type globs for TYPE.
+Clear the file type globs previously defined for TYPE.
+This only clears the default type definitions that are found inside of
+ripgrep.
+Note that this must be passed to every invocation of rg.
.RS
.RE
diff --git a/doc/rg.1.md b/doc/rg.1.md
index 224ff1a9..028d3a57 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1.md
+++ b/doc/rg.1.md
@@ -164,8 +164,12 @@ the raw speed of grep.
: Show all supported file types and their associated globs.
--type-add *ARG* ...
-: Add a new glob for a particular file type.
+: Add a new glob for a particular file type. Note that this must be
+ passed to every invocation of rg.
+
Example: --type-add html:*.html,*.htm
--type-clear *TYPE* ...
-: Clear the file type globs for TYPE.
+: Clear the file type globs previously defined for TYPE. This only clears
+ the default type definitions that are found inside of ripgrep. Note
+ that this must be passed to every invocation of rg.