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@@ -178,11 +178,15 @@ search. By default, when you search a directory, ripgrep will ignore all of the following: 1. Files and directories that match glob patterns in these three categories: - 1. gitignore globs (including global and repo-specific globs). + 1. `.gitignore` globs (including global and repo-specific globs). This + includes `.gitignore` files in parent directories that are part of the + same `git` repository. (Unless the `--no-require-git` flag is given.) 2. `.ignore` globs, which take precedence over all gitignore globs - when there's a conflict. + when there's a conflict. This includes `.ignore` files in parent + directories. 3. `.rgignore` globs, which take precedence over all `.ignore` globs - when there's a conflict. + when there's a conflict. This includes `.rgignore` files in parent + directories. 2. Hidden files and directories. 3. Binary files. (ripgrep considers any file with a `NUL` byte to be binary.) 4. Symbolic links aren't followed. @@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ the following: All of these things can be toggled using various flags provided by ripgrep: 1. You can disable all ignore-related filtering with the `--no-ignore` flag. -2. Hidden files and directories can be searched with the `--hidden` (`-.` for +2. Hidden files and directories can be searched with the `--hidden` (`-.` for short) flag. 3. Binary files can be searched via the `--text` (`-a` for short) flag. Be careful with this flag! Binary files may emit control characters to your @@ -997,7 +1001,7 @@ used options that will likely impact how you use ripgrep on a regular basis. if the pattern contains any uppercase letters. Usually this flag is put into alias or a config file. * `-F/--fixed-strings`: Disable regular expression matching and treat the pattern - as a literal string. + as a literal string. * `-w/--word-regexp`: Require that all matches of the pattern be surrounded by word boundaries. That is, given `pattern`, the `--word-regexp` flag will cause ripgrep to behave as if `pattern` were actually `\b(?:pattern)\b`. |