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(defun helm-search-doc-ag () | |
"Search for a keyword in the Documents folder using ag" | |
(interactive) | |
(helm-do-ag "~/Documents")) | |
(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") 'helm-search-doc-ag) |
You should set the following variable to allow recursive search of text files only
;; Allow to recursively search git repositories inside other
;; repository (text files only, binary files are ignored)
(setq helm-ag-command-option "--all-text")
Thanks! Two questions:
- This would set this option for all helm-ag instances and not just for that particular function?
- This would only make it recursive for text files and not other files (PDF, DOC, etc.; I was interested in the latter)?
Another problem is that
(setq helm-ag-command-option "--option")
Only allows for one option.
If you try:
(setq helm-ag-command-option "--all-text, -g")
It won't work
Did you try to use?
(setq helm-ag-command-option "--all-text -g")
Thanks, it works!
One question though: According to the man page:
[-t](https://www.mankier.com/1/ag#-t) [--all-text](https://www.mankier.com/1/ag#--all-text)
Search all text files. This doesn´t include hidden files.
[-u](https://www.mankier.com/1/ag#-u) [--unrestricted](https://www.mankier.com/1/ag#--unrestricted)
Search all files. This ignores .ignore, .gitignore, etc. It searches binary and hidden files as well.
I wanted to search ALL files, and you suggested --all-text
. Wouldn't it be -u
(would search all files, not just text)?
@AtomicNess123 my previous comment was meant to show you how to concatenate options for ag
. I didn't look at what -g
does. If you wanna search all files you can use:
-a --all-types
Search all files. This doesn´t include hidden files, and doesn´t
respect any ignore files.
or
-u --unrestricted
Search all files. This ignores .ignore, .gitignore, etc. It
searches binary and hidden files as well.
depending if you want to exclude (-a) hidden files or you wanna include them (-u). I hope is more clear now :).
Thanks, excellent. So both of these options will include .gitignore files, I understand. Is there an equal option to search all files, hidden included, but not .gitignore files?
Thanks, and happy holidays!