> I don't think grep ignoring .gitignore files is "a bug". I don't either? Like... wat. Lol. > Where we strongly disagree is that I believe aliases should be

> I don't think grep ignoring .gitignore files is "a bug". I don't either? Like... wat. Lol. > Where we strongly disagree is that I believe aliases should be used to add functionality, where you believe that it should be used to remove functionality. Not universally, not at all! There's plenty of other stuff in ripgrep that you need to opt into that isn't enabled by default (like trimming long lines). There's also counter examples in GNU grep itself. For example, you have to opt out of GNU grep's default mode of replacing NUL bytes with newline terminators via the `-a/--text` flag (which is not part of POSIX). Instead what I try to do is look at the pros and cons of specific behaviors on their own. I'm also willing to take risks. We already have lots of standard grep tools to choose from. ripgrep takes a different approach and tons of users appreciate that behavior. > We're never going to see eye-to-eye on this issue so there's no reason to rehash it. Oh I'm happy not to rehash it. But I will defend my name and seek to clarify claims about stuff I've built. So if you don't want to rehash it, then don't. I won't seek you specifically out. > I don't want to start another fight (so not linking the last). To be clear, I would link it if I knew what you were referring to. I linked our other interaction by doing a web search for `site:news.ycombinator.com "burntsushi" "godelski"`. > If it wasn't clear, I don't ;) OK, so you don't use ripgrep. But you're complaining about it on a public forum. Calling me rude. Calling me creepy. And then whinging about not wanting to rehash things. I mean c'mon buddy. Totally cool to complain even if you don't use it, but don't get all shocked pikachu when I chime in to clarify things you've said.