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Configuring cygwin find/grep on windows for spacemacs
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.spacemacs
;;Using cygwin
(setq find-program "\"C:/cygwin64/bin/find.exe\"")
(setq grep-program "\"C:/cygwin64/bin/grep.exe\"")
;; Prevent issues with the Windows null device (NUL)
;; when using cygwin find with rgrep.
(defadvice grep-compute-defaults (around grep-compute-defaults-advice-null-device)
"Use cygwin's /dev/null as the null-device."
(let ((null-device "/dev/null"))
ad-do-it))
(ad-activate 'grep-compute-defaults)
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