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doc: explain ignore rules a bit more

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Closes #1600
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2020-05-27 14:19:30 +02:00
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@@ -177,15 +177,19 @@ After recursive search, ripgrep's most important feature is what it *doesn't*
search. By default, when you search a directory, ripgrep will ignore all of
the following:
1. Files and directories that match the rules in your `.gitignore` glob
pattern.
1. Files and directories that match glob patterns in these three categories:
1. gitignore globs (including global and repo-specific globs).
2. `.ignore` globs, which take precedence over all gitignore globs when
there's a conflict.
3. `.rgignore` globs, which take precedence over all `.ignore` globs when
there's a conflict.
2. Hidden files and directories.
3. Binary files. (ripgrep considers any file with a `NUL` byte to be binary.)
4. Symbolic links aren't followed.
All of these things can be toggled using various flags provided by ripgrep:
1. You can disable `.gitignore` handling with the `--no-ignore` flag.
1. You can disable all ignore-related filtering with the `--no-ignore` flag.
2. Hidden files and directories can be searched with the `--hidden` flag.
3. Binary files can be searched via the `--text` (`-a` for short) flag.
Be careful with this flag! Binary files may emit control characters to your