Support persistent configuration (`.rgrc`?)

[SimenB]

I'd love to keep different types for instance, and not have to specify --type-add each time.

My specific case is type zsh which searches zsh config files (.zshrc *.zsh, and some custom .zsh*).

Maybe it could support more stuff like no-heading, --heading etc as well, which would allow people to customize rg more.

(I know I can just alias rgzsh="rg --type-add 'zsh:*.zsh' --type-add 'zsh:.zshrc' --type zsh", but meh)

Loving the tool, btw!

[BurntSushi]

Can you make do with creating an alias? Or even a script in your ~/bin? For example, I have ~/bin/rgp:

#!/bin/sh

exec rg -p "$@" | less -RFX

[SimenB]

I just updated the OP with alias stuff 😄

And yes, I could, but then I have to remember my aliases (woe is me, right?). Doing rg -tzsh is more natural when I've gotten used to types than doing rgzsh or whatever.

rgp makes sense, though!

[BurntSushi]

Why don't you just alias rg itself? This works, for example:

alias rg="rg --type-add 'zsh:*.zsh' --type-add 'zsh:.zshrc'"

Then you can do rg -tzsh.

(Also, zsh seems like a common enough type that it should be part of ripgrep proper! :-))

[SimenB]

Aliasing rg seems pretty good!

I can provide a PR for zsh type (just add an entry here I suppose: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/src/types.rs)

But I'd still really like for that to be defined for rg, and not drowned amongst all of my other aliases (I still do alias | rg whatever since I forget. I'd like to think rg --type-list is nicer (and yes, I realize rg --type-list would work with your suggested rg alias)).

[BurntSushi]

I can provide a PR for zsh type (just add an entry here I suppose: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/src/types.rs)

Sounds good!

But I'd still really like for that to be defined for rg, and not drowned amongst all of my other aliases (I still do alias | rg whatever since I forget. I'd like to think rg --type-list is nicer (and yes, I realize rg --type-list would work with your suggested rg alias)).

You can also do command -V rg to see the alias.

[SimenB]

Conclusion: I can achieve what I want using simple aliases. I'd still like an .rgrc file though, to match .ackrc, .ptconfig.toml etc. 😄 I do understand if you feel like aliasing is enough, though

[SimenB]

Or maybe support $RG_OPTIONS to match grep? It just seems more explicit than aliasing rg itself.

[BurntSushi]

I do feel like aliases are a pretty good solution to this problem, and I'd like to stick with them for now.

I think we should leave this ticket open so that others can chime in. For example, aliases may not be easy to define on all platforms.

[SimenB]

BTW, is it possible to not recurse through directories? Case in point is searching for something in a zsh file in$HOME. Having rg recurse through everything is slow as hell (naturally).

Additionally: Is it possible to add ignore patterns? I managed to hit chrome application cache, which is an absolutely monstrous file

[BurntSushi]

BTW, is it possible to not recurse through directories?

Yes:

    --maxdepth NUM
        Descend at most NUM directories below the command line arguments.
        A value of zero only searches the starting-points themselves.

Additionally: Is it possible to add ignore patterns? I managed to hit chrome application cache, which is an absolutely monstrous file

Yes. Create a .ignore file and add patterns to that. (Or add them to your .gitignore.)

[SimenB]

Ok, but not add ignore to the execution itself?

Will an .rgignore file be respected? I just feel having an .ignore file in $HOME might be confusing if it's just used for rg

[BurntSushi]

Ok, but not add ignore to the execution itself?

I don't understand the question.

Will an .rgignore file be respected?

Please use .ignore. .rgignore is deprecated. Where did you see .rgignore?

I just feel having an .ignore file in $HOME might be confusing if it's just used for rg

I don't understand what's confusing about it. The Silver Searcher supports the same format.

The .ignore file can be anywhere. It could live right next to the thing you want to ignore. It works just like gitignore.

[BurntSushi]

Perhaps you're looking for the -g/--glob flag?