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Yes, though it should be noted that the reason it's faster is fewer command invocations and ignoring usually unwanted files (like .git/ and files listed in .git

by cyphar 8y ago

Yes, though it should be noted that the reason it's faster is fewer command invocations and ignoring usually unwanted files (like .git/ and files listed in .gitignore). grep has a -R option which allows you to avoid the first problem, but avoiding the second one is a bit more difficult. Also there is ripgrep which I've heard is effectively a faster version of ag written in Rust.

gray_-_wolf 8y ago
> Also there is ripgrep which I've heard is effectively a faster version of ag written in Rust. I've tried it but had it crashing on me in some directories so I'm sticking with ag
- burntsushi 8y ago
  Can you file a bug report? Crashing is a serious bug, and I don't think one has been reported against ripgrep during a search for quite some time, so I'd be very keen on hearing about it.
  - phiresky 8y ago
    I love how you always just instantly appear outta nowhere when someone mentions a problem with ripgrep or makes a false statement about it :)
    - djmips 8y ago
      maybe he has scripts that grep for keywords on hacker news etc. :-)
  - shaklee3 8y ago
    For what it's worth, I use it extensively on several different platforms, and have never had a crash.
  - gray_-_wolf 8y ago
    I will try to make it crash again, it's like half a year back so my memory is little fuzzy on where exactly it did happen.
  - gray_-_wolf 8y ago
    Well, I did not find a crash (yet), but at least some deadlock (probably). https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1231 https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1231
    - burntsushi 8y ago
      Thanks! Yeah that was the last crashing related bug, due to a problem doing streaming transcoding on one of ruby's utf16 encoded files. It's fixed on master.
      - gray_-_wolf 8y ago
        I do grep ruby sources quite a bit, so if there was a crash it's probably this. Was there a release with a fix?
        burntsushi 8y ago
        No. But one should be out soonish.
Qwertystop 8y ago
The second one isn't that hard for common cases - I've got `grepr` for `grep -r --exclude-dir .git --exclude-dir .mypy_cache --exclude-dir __pycache__`. Adjust as you like for the particular sorts of things you commonly need to ignore.
- cyphar 8y ago
  Except you also need to do `--exclude *.o` and whatever else is present in the .gitignore of any subdirectory. I personally use "git grep" when searching in source trees, as it automatically gives you gitignore support.

by cyphar 8y ago

gray_-_wolf 8y ago

> Also there is ripgrep which I've heard is effectively a faster version of ag written in Rust. I've tried it but had it crashing on me in some directories so I'm sticking with ag

burntsushi 8y ago
Can you file a bug report? Crashing is a serious bug, and I don't think one has been reported against ripgrep during a search for quite some time, so I'd be very keen on hearing about it.
- phiresky 8y ago
  I love how you always just instantly appear outta nowhere when someone mentions a problem with ripgrep or makes a false statement about it :)
  - djmips 8y ago
    maybe he has scripts that grep for keywords on hacker news etc. :-)
- shaklee3 8y ago
  For what it's worth, I use it extensively on several different platforms, and have never had a crash.
- gray_-_wolf 8y ago
  I will try to make it crash again, it's like half a year back so my memory is little fuzzy on where exactly it did happen.
- gray_-_wolf 8y ago
  Well, I did not find a crash (yet), but at least some deadlock (probably). https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1231 https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1231
  - burntsushi 8y ago
    Thanks! Yeah that was the last crashing related bug, due to a problem doing streaming transcoding on one of ruby's utf16 encoded files. It's fixed on master.
    - gray_-_wolf 8y ago
      I do grep ruby sources quite a bit, so if there was a crash it's probably this. Was there a release with a fix?
      - burntsushi 8y ago
        No. But one should be out soonish.

Qwertystop 8y ago

The second one isn't that hard for common cases - I've got `grepr` for `grep -r --exclude-dir .git --exclude-dir .mypy_cache --exclude-dir __pycache__`. Adjust as you like for the particular sorts of things you commonly need to ignore.

cyphar 8y ago
Except you also need to do `--exclude *.o` and whatever else is present in the .gitignore of any subdirectory. I personally use "git grep" when searching in source trees, as it automatically gives you gitignore support.