This is kind of a ticky-tack change. I do think ./ as a prefix is
reasonable default, *but* we strip ./ when showing search results, so it
does make sense to be consistent.
Fixes#21.
If a gitignore file in a *parent* directory is used, then it must be
matched relative to the directory it's in. ripgrep wasn't actually
adhering to this rule. Consider an example:
.gitignore
src
llvm
foo
Where `.gitignore` contains `/llvm/` and `foo` contains `test`. When
running `rg test` at the top-level directory, `foo` is correctly searched.
If you `cd` into `src` and re-run the same search, `foo` is ignored because
the `/llvm/` pattern is interpreted with respect to the current working
directory, which is wrong. The problem is that the path of `llvm` is
`./llvm`, which makes it look like it should match.
We fix this by rebuilding the directory path of each file when traversing
gitignores in parent directories. This does come with a small performance
hit.
Fixes#25.
Namely, if a .gitignore inside a sub-directory has an absolute pattern,
e.g., `/foo/`, then we should match it relative to the directory containing
the .gitignore.
We were erroneously neglecting to prefix a pattern like `foo/`
with `**/` (to make `**/foo/`) because it had a slash in it. In fact, the
only reason to neglect a **/ prefix is if the pattern already starts
with **/, or if the pattern is absolute.
Fixes#16, #49, #50, #65
Use-case: While not a vogue technology, VB is still a common file type taught in many university settings and used in many commercial settings. Working with VB files out-of-the-box would provide a lot of value to `ripgrep` users.
Example: I'm working on converting a legacy app to a modern infrastructure. The legacy app mixes CS and VB files liberally, so I always need to check both. For portability, it would be nice to just be able to ask for `-tcs -tvb` without registering with `--type-add` first.
Tests: I didn't notice any coverage aimed at this part of the code, but if I'm mistaken I'll amend the PR.
If you're in a directory that has a parent .gitignore (like, your $HOME),
then it can cause ripgrep to simply not do anything depending on your
ignore rules.
There are probably other scenarios where ripgrep applies some filter that
an end user doesn't expect, so try to catch the worst case (when ripgrep
doesn't search anything).
I don't like having multiple flags do the same thing, but -u, -uu and -uuu
are much easier to remember, particularly with -uuu meaning "search
everything."
For example, when only a single file (or stdin) is being searched, then we
should be able to print directly to the terminal instead of intermediate
buffers. (The buffers are only necessary for parallelism.)
Closes#4.
We do this by avoiding using a RegexSet (*sigh*). In particular, file
type matching has much simpler semantics than gitignore files, so we don't
actually need to care which file type matched. Therefore, we can get away
with a single regex with a giant alternation.
I though plain `read` had usurped them, but when searching a very small
number of files, mmaps can be around 20% faster on Linux. It'd be really
unfortunate to leave that on the table.
Mmap searching doesn't support contexts yet, but we probably don't really
care. And duplicating that logic doesn't sound fun. Without contexts, mmap
searching is delightfully simple.
