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BurntSushi
short arg for --files-without-match
Describe your feature request
It would be nice if there was a shorter version of the --files-without-match argument to ripgrep. While ripgrep can't use -L (like grep, ag, and ack) because it's taken for --follow, it would be nice to have another one.
What do you think about -K for that? Or -W?
(This is with ripgrep 13.0.0 on macOS 12.5.1 installed via homebrew)
Yes, I used -L for --follow because I suspect it is more common.
I'm not inclined to add a short flag here personally. I think the flag is probably used rarely enough that it doesn't warrant one. And to be honest, neither -K or -W strike me as particularly good options. -L would be the best choice, and if it were available, I would consider adding it as a short flag for --files-without-match.
I think what I said before still stands today and I'm not inclined to think differently.
I do wish I could go back in time and be a little more careful about the short flags I used. But that ship has sailed.