Ripgrep: Whitelist certain dot files?

[kaushalmodi]

Hello,

I am trying to whitelist certain dot files. But it does not seem to work.

Is the syntax in .ignore file incorrect?

Thanks.

~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> tree -a
.
├── .file
└── .ignore

0 directories, 2 files
km²~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> cat .ignore
!.file
km²~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> cat .file
foo
km²~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> which rg
rg:      aliased to \rg --follow --no-mmap --no-ignore-vcs --smart-case
km²~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> rg foo
No files were searched, which means ripgrep probably applied a filter you didn't expect. Try running again with --debug.

[kaushalmodi]

Here with --debug:

km²~/temp/:proj/SOMEPRJ> rg foo --debug
DEBUG:grep::search: regex ast:
Literal {
    chars: [
        'f',
        'o',
        'o'
    ],
    casei: false
}
DEBUG:grep::literals: literal prefixes detected: Literals { lits: [Complete(foo)], limit_size: 250, limit_class: 10 }
DEBUG:rg::ignore: ./.ignore ignored because it is hidden
DEBUG:rg::ignore: ./.file ignored because it is hidden
IO error for operation on ./.#.ignore: No such file or directory (os error 2)
DEBUG:rg::ignore: kmodi/temp/proj/./#.ignore# ignored by Pattern { from: "/home/kmodi/.ignore", original: "*#*#", pat: "**/*#*#", whitelist: false, only_dir: false }
No files were searched, which means ripgrep probably applied a filter you didn't expect. Try running again with --debug.

[BurntSushi]

Are you using current master? If not, you need to use .rgignore. Current master supports both .rgignore and .ignore, with the intent of deprecating .rgignore.

With that said, actually, you can't whitelist hidden files. The only way a hidden file gets searched is if --hidden is set or if -g is used to explicitly match a hidden file.

This does seem like a shortcoming.

[BurntSushi]

I think what this means is that we should do the hidden check _last_, which will enable CLI globs, ignores or file types the opportunity to whitelist them.

[kaushalmodi]

Are you using current master?

Yes, I am, and thus the reference to .ignore :)

This does seem like a shortcoming.

Thanks for recognizing this as a bug and fixing it this quick!

[ye]

We use GitLab CI and its configuration file is named .gitlab-ci.yml and because of rg skips hidden files, none of the content of hidden files were searched, including .gitlab-ci.yml.

$ cat <<EOF > .hidden-file
> docker pull python:3.4-wheezy
> EOF
$ ll .hidden-file 
-rw-r--r--  1 ye  staff  30 Nov  4 16:24 .hidden-file
$ cat .hidden-file 
docker pull python:3.4-wheezy
$ rg python:3.4-wheezy
$ 
$ rg --no-ignore python-3.4:wheezy 
$
$ cat .hidden-file | grep 'python-3.4:wheezy'
docker pull python-3.4:wheezy
$ cat .hidden-file | rg  'python-3.4:wheezy'
1:docker pull python-3.4:wheezy

[BurntSushi]

@ye As I see it, _today_, you have two options available to you. First, pass the --hidden flag, which will search hidden files and directories. Second, add your hidden yml files to a whitelist in your .ignore file.

I think I prefer you create a new issue, since the specific bug in this ticket has been fixed. In this new issue, could you explain why neither of the aforementioned options work for you?

[ye]

@BurntSushi thank you. --hidden flag worked. .ignore file didn't. Thanks for the help!

Some project owners preferred less issues being opened and always searching for existing issues and tack on rather than open a new ticket. I wasn't sure, so I commented here.

[BurntSushi]

@ye if you'd be willing, i would definitely appreciate a big report on how .ignore didn't work for you.

[ye]

@BurntSushi Ok, will do.