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ctags.setup
# you have ctags but it does not work...
$ ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=log *
> ctags: illegal option -- R
> usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...
#you need to get new ctags, i recommend homebrew but anything will work
$ brew install ctags
#alias ctags if you used homebrew
$ alias ctags="`brew --prefix`/bin/ctags"
#try again!
$ ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=log *
#puts tags file into you .gitignore (probably global) and you're all set!
tags
!tags/ # keep this to ignore directories with name tags
# PS for autogeneration and auto re-indexing, follow the steps:
# https://github.com/manasthakur/git_template
#PS. i was inspired to install ctags by https://workshops.thoughtbot.com/vim video by @r00k, thanks man!
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