.ackrc

# Original configuration from :
# https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bracke/6183737/raw/6c3c3f0361c393d989d01ad3a0e4a3cc31cdd5e9/.ackrc
#
# Tutorial at:
# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-ack-a-grep-replacement-for-developers-on-ubuntu-14-04
#
#ack is a tool like grep, designed for programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code

#to install ack, see http://betterthangrep.com/
#to use ack, launch terminal (mac osx) and type 'ack <some_keywords>'
#ack will search all files in the current directory & sub-directories

#here's how I have my config file setup. this file is located on mac osx here
# ~/.ackrc

# Always sort the files
#--sort−files

# Always color, even if piping to a another program
--color

# Ignore case
--ignore-case

# Use "less −r" as my pager
# --pager

# Do not send output through a pager.
--nopager

# Print a break between results from different files.
--break

# Print a filename heading above each file's results.
--heading

# less -r

--ignore-dir=.idea/
--ignore-dir=node_modules/
--ignore-dir=.sass-cache/
--ignore-dir=.tmp/

--ignore-dir=.gist-cache
--ignore-dir=.pygments-cache
--ignore-dir=.sass-cache
--ignore-dir=.themes
--ignore-dir=_deploy
--ignore-dir=public
--ignore-dir=bower_components/
--ignore-dir=dist

#make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in rails projects
--type-add=css=scss
--type-add=ruby=.haml,.rselm,.feature,.ru,.lock
--type-set=coffeescript=.coffee
--type-set=coffee=.coffee

#make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in node.js projects
--type-set=coffee=.coffee
--type-set=jade=.jade
--type-set=feature=.feature
--type-set=json=.json

--type-add=css=.sass,.scss
--type-set=haml=.haml
--type-add=css=less
--type-set=markdown=.md,.mkd,.markdown