The silver searcher (Ag)[1] ignores files from .gitignore/.hgignore by default, so I find that this sort of project-specific configuration isn't generally neede

The silver searcher (Ag)[1] ignores files from .gitignore/.hgignore by default, so I find that this sort of project-specific configuration isn't generally needed. There are various editor plugins for Ag, e.g. Ag.vim[2] based on mileszs' excellent Ack.vim[3]. [1] https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher [2] https://github.com/epmatsw/ag.vim https://github.com/epmatsw/ag.vim [3] https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim