the_silver_searcher
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ggreer
A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
Fixes #1499. I hope. I don't know if anything else needs to be done, so please let me know if there is.
## Summary The `--stats-only` option does not have tab-completion. ## Steps to reproduce: 1. Type `ag --stat` ## Expected Result ```console $ ag --stat --stata --stats --stats-only ``` ## Actual...
I know this will probably never make it. But I'd love a cheerleading mode. When I need to refactor and I see a thousand things I need to rename after...
Running `ag -z "searchStr" file.gz` results in just the output `ag: truncated file: Success` on some Unix systems (3.2.45-0.6 x86_64). Running the same search on the same file on OSX...
[A build configuration check](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/blob/1a5e259b259130b50607174fc9f9508dc1f2941c/configure.ac#L19 "Checking for PCRE support") refers still to the programming interface “PCRE”. :crystal_ball: How are the chances to [support the API “PCRE2”](https://pcre.org/ "Software evolution around Perl-compatible regular...
Empty files that are part of the searchable subset of files should still be listed. `ag` can deduct that no query will match an empty file, without opening the file,...
Fixes #1497 `-l` should include empty files, and only exclude files subject to an exclusion filter (such as `.gitignore`). Empty files are still in the subset of searchable files. `ag`...
I tried using ag to search for strings in executable files, using a regular expression. Unfortunately, this output "Binary file whatever matches.", but this did not tell me what matched....
Whenever I want to perform a case-insensitive search, I first wonder why there is a `--case-sensitive` flag, but no accompanying `--case-insensitive` flag when requesting command completion. Followed by that is...
