Getting `helm-source-grep` to respect `.gitignore`, `.hgignore`, etc.

[Tianxiang Xiong]

Is it possible to get `helm-source-grep` to ignore files specified in `.gitignore`, `.hgignore`, etc.? 

I've a command, `helm-projectile-grep-or-ack`, that I'd like to ignore files / dirs specified by my VCS. That bit of code, TBH, is a mess. If you can help simplify it, I'd greatly appreciate it!

[Thierry Volpiatto]

'Tianxiang Xiong' via emacs-helm <emacs...@googlegroups.com> writes:

> Is it possible to get `helm-source-grep` to ignore files specified in
> `.gitignore`, `.hgignore`, etc.?

I suggest you use ripgrep as backend with helm-do-grep-ag.

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Thierry

[Tianxiang Xiong]

Well, `helm-projectile` already has a `helm-projectile-ag` command that does what I want, so I guess that's fine.