Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, git grep, ucg, pt, sift (2016)

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ripgrep is faster than {grep, ag, git grep, ucg, pt, sift} - Andrew Gallant's Blog

I blog mostly about my own programming projects.

I don't remember why I didn't switch from ag, but I remember it was a conscious decision. I think it had something to do with configuration, rg using implicit '.ignore' file (a super-generic name instead of a proper tool-specific config) or even .gitignore, or something else very much unwarranted, that made it annoying to use. Cannot remember, really, only remember that I spent too much time trying to make it behave and decided it isn't worth it. Anyway, faster is nice, but somehow I don't ever feel that ag is too slow for anything. The switch from the previous one (what was it? ack?) felt like a drastic improvement, but ag vs. rg wasn't much difference to me in practice.