Ignore Ripgrep Ignore

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 11:04:17 -0500

I have an .rgignore file that ignores half of a monorepo that I almost never want to search in. Sometimes though, I do need to search that repo, and I’d rather not edit my ignore file.

Here’s how I override it for one search:

rg "I mean," --no-ignore

This will search in every directory, even those I’m ignoring via the .rgignore.

Ripgrep on Jake Worth

Ignore Ripgrep Ignore