ripgrep

What this config does

Home Manager installs ripgrep and writes a default config to ~/.config/ripgrep/config.

Nix location

• conf/shared.nix: installs ripgrep
• conf/shared.nix: home.file.".config/ripgrep/config"

Portable setup

Install ripgrep:

Fedora:

sudo dnf install ripgrep

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install ripgrep

Create the config file:

mkdir -p ~/.config/ripgrep
cat > ~/.config/ripgrep/config <<'EOF'
--line-number
--smart-case
--max-columns=120
--max-columns-preview
--type-add=nix:*.nix
--glob=!.git/*
--glob=!**/node_modules/**
--glob=!**/target/**
--glob=!**/.build/**
EOF

Common commands

rg pattern
rg -i pattern
rg "fn name" -t nix
rg pattern path/to/dir
rg -n -C 2 pattern
rg --files
rg --files -g '*.nix'

Check it

rg --version
rg --files -t nix

Use --no-config when scripts need results that do not depend on personal rg settings.