do ignore files ignore things based on file path or file contents?

[jzhao2007]

What version of ripgrep are you using?

ripgrep 13.0.0 (rev af6b6c5)

How did you install ripgrep?

unzip

What operating system are you using ripgrep on?

Windows 10

Describe your bug.

--ignore-file optional not working

What are the steps to reproduce the behavior?

echo aaa >> test.txt
echo aaa >> test2.txt
rg --ignore-file test.txt aaa

What is the actual behavior?

test2.txt
1:aaa

test.txt
1:aaa

What is the expected behavior?

-- test.txt should be excluded from the result

test2.txt
1:aaa

[BurntSushi]

Ignore files only ignore things based on the file path. From your example, it seems like you've somehow come under the impression that they work by looking at the file contents. They don't, just like .gitignore files don't. Only file paths. So if you want to ignore test2.txt, you need to put test2.txt in your ignore file.

I've converted this to a Discussion Question because this isn't a bug. And I made the title a bit more descriptive.

[jzhao2007]

Hi, thanks for quick response. I get confused here. I am using file path. There are two files containing aaa text, test1.txt and test2.txt. when searching, I want to ignore one of them test1.txt and only test2.txt is returned So I am using Rg --ignore-file test1.txt aaa I did not specify the folder, the default is current folder.

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 8:35 AM Andrew Gallant ***@***.***> wrote: Ignore files only ignore things based on the *file path*. From your example, it seems like you've somehow come under the impression that they work by looking at the *file contents*. They don't, just like .gitignore files don't. Only file paths. So if you want to ignore test2.txt, you need to put test2.txt in your ignore file. I've converted this to a Discussion Question because this isn't a bug. And I made the title a bit more descriptive. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2258 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD55YGSWUIYGFWX2GSX3X33VUAJT5ANCNFSM53SJF44Q> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jzhao2007]

I think I understand what you talk about now. I need to create a separate file and put all files path I want to ignore in the file just like .gitignore.
This means, I can not do adhoc exclusion from command line, I must create a static exclusion file first.

[BurntSushi]

Of course you can do ad hoc exclusion on the command line. That's done via -g '!test1.txt', for example. Have you read the GUIDE? It has a whole section on manual filtering using globs.

[jzhao2007]

super. that is exactly what I am looking for. I missed this -g option obviously. the command for my case should be rg -g "test.txt" aaa Thanks alot

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 9:53 AM Andrew Gallant ***@***.***> wrote: Of course you can do ad hoc exclusion on the command line. That's done via -g '!test1.txt', for example. Have you read the GUIDE <https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/GUIDE.md#manual-filtering-globs> ? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2258 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AD55YGXTPQ46G5ECU6YS3U3VUASYLANCNFSM53SJF44Q> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

-- Thanks Johnson Zhao

[jzhao2007]

by the way, great program , much faster than grep and ag.

[BurntSushi]

Thanks! :-)