That’s a fabulously well-written article: very insightful and demonstrating remarkable self-awareness. It inspired me to check out the README for ripgrep and I

That’s a fabulously well-written article: very insightful and demonstrating remarkable self-awareness. It inspired me to check out the README for ripgrep and I was equally impressed with the quality of its documentation. Until now, I’ve always shied away from any of the modern `grep`-like programs as I prefer to be comfortable with the standardised utilities as specified by POSIX (`find` and `grep`). However, I often find myself using GNU extensions – since they’re so useful and make certain tasks easier. I figured today would be a good day to take it a step further and try out `ripgrep`. One feature that immediately appeals to me is that `rg` automatically respects `.gitignore` and skips hidden files/directories and binary files; When searching recursively, I pretty much always use `-I` with GNU grep and often use its `--exclude` and `--exclude-dir` options (features not specified by POSIX). I’m looking forward to experimenting with ripgrep and discovering what other benefits it can offer. So thanks, Burntsushi/Andrew.