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Why use ripgrep over silver searcher?
by pmoriarty 4y ago
Why use ripgrep over silver searcher?
- opheliate 4y agoThis could have changed in the last few years, but I think rg does tend to (sometimes significantly) outperform ag, see the author's benchmarks [0]. 0: https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/#code-search-benchmarks https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/#code-search-benchmarks
- forgotpwd16 4y ago>much better single file performance, better large-repo performance and real Unicode support that doesn't slow way down By ripgrep's dev (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12567484 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12567484).
- tom_ 4y agoThe Silver Searcher appears to be if not dead then certainly resting.