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Helm search function
(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)
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daviderestivo commented Jun 29, 2022

Did you try to use?

(setq helm-ag-command-option "--all-text -g")

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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)?

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@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 :).

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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?

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