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		jodleif 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ripgrep 15.0 Ive always found the silversearcher defaults (or perhaps -Q) to just work better. Any alias/config tips?

burntsushi 44 days ago [–]

ripgrep's -Q is just -F, like grep. This is not enabled by default in either tool.

Otherwise, ag enables multiline search (assuming you have a version of ag where that even works) and smart case by default. With ripgrep, that's ` rg -US`.

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