file-search

You can search a codebase by using fd for file discovery by name or pattern, and rg to scan inside files with regex patterns. This approach accelerates locating specific files and extracting relevant content across large repositories.

Yes, file search supports include/exclude patterns and file-type filtering. You can narrow down results by applying these constraints to target specific file extensions and cross-directory searches while excluding irrelevant paths.

You can interactively select file search results using fzf. It provides an interactive interface for quick selection and actions on the files and content discovered by fd and rg during your codebase search.

Interactive file and content search requires fd and rg to function. The tool fzf is optional and only needed if you want interactive selection capabilities for your search results across codebases and document repositories.

The best way to find symbol references is using rg to scan inside files with regex patterns. You can combine this with fd to locate specific file types first, ensuring fast and accurate content search across the project.

Using ripgrep and fd for codebase search provides significantly faster file discovery and content searching than standard tools. They handle large repositories efficiently and support advanced pattern matching for codebases and logs.