[hhda]

Yeah, the -M command is wonderful (super handy for ignoring minified files that you don't want to see results from, etc), and also great is the -g command (eg `-g *.cs` and you'll just search in files that have the .cs extension).

Also the fact that it is a standalone portable executable can be super handy. Often when working on a new machine, I'll drop in the executable and an alias for grep that points to rg, so if muscle memory kicks in and I type grep it will still use rg.

[3PS]

If you're a fan of the -g flag to ripgrep then I also recommend checking out the -t flag, short for --type, which lets you search specific file types. You can see the full list with `rg --type-list`. For example, you could just search .cs files with `rg -tcs`.

This flag is especially convenient if you want to search e.g. .yml and .yaml in one go, or .c and .h in one go, etc.

[hhda]

Thanks, I didn't know about `-t`, I'll read up on it.

[kzrdude]

-t is useful but -g doesn't require lookup in help first. Maybe the worse is better principle?

[3PS]

Tbh I've always just typed -t followed by something that feels intuitive and it's always worked. Never really bothered looking in help until I made the above comment.