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Example configuration for using Ack to search file tree
#ack is a tool like grep, designed for programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code
#to install ack, see http://betterthangrep.com/
#to use ack, launch terminal (mac osx) and type 'ack <some_keywords>'
#ack will search all files in the current directory & sub-directories
#here's how I have my config file setup. this file is located on mac osx here
# ~/.ackrc
# Always sort the files
#--sort−files
# Always color, even if piping to a another program
--color
# Use "less −r" as my pager
# --pager
# less -r
--ignore-dir=.idea/
--ignore-dir=node_modules/
#make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in rails projects
--type-add=css=scss
--type-add=ruby=.haml,.rselm,.feature,.ru,.lock
--type-set=coffeescript=.coffee
--type-set=coffee=.coffee
#make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in node.js projects
--ignore-dir=node_modules
--type-set=coffee=.coffee
--type-set=jade=.jade
--type-set=feature=.feature
--type-set=json=.json
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