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Or just have a command-line option to specify an ignore file. That's strictly more useful because then you're not arbitrarily limited to files named “.gitignore

• setopt 2y ago
  rg, fd, etc. all use not only .gitignore, but also merge in rules from a global gitignore in your home directory, as well as a local .ignore file that takes precedence over .gitignore. Setting up all that with CLI flags is a lot of work for what is arguably a sensible default.
  • godelski 2y ago
    > Setting up all that with CLI flags is a lot of work for what is arguably a sensible default. alias fd="fd --include-gitignore --include-global-gitignore" alias rg="rg --include-gitignore --include-global-gitignore" I would not consider even a long line like this in your shell's config file "a lot of work". In fact, it seems pretty standard.
• burntsushi 2y ago
  Why assume that ripgrep or fd is "arbitrarily" limited to files named `.gitignore`?