Ignoring Minified Javascript Files with Ack 2

[Rob Hoelz]

Hey guys,

Someone at work asked me how to tell ack 2 to ignore minified Javascript files, and I replied "Well, it only works for .min.js...".  Then I realized you can ignore them by the file's content
as well! (pretty much)  I wrote a blog post about it for anyone who's interested:

http://hoelz.ro/blog/ignoring-minified-javascript-files-with-ack-2

-Rob

[Andy Lester]

On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Rob Hoelz wrote:

as well! (pretty much)  I wrote a blog post about it for anyone who's interested:

http://hoelz.ro/blog/ignoring-minified-javascript-files-with-ack-2

I'm almost wondering if we should do --ignore-file=firstlinematch:/.{200}/ by default.

xoa

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[Rob Hoelz]

I was considering adding it, but I think it might slow things down a
bit. I'm adding an issue for it now for 2.0 final, though.

[Ryan Perry]

Rob, I might suggest it look at the LAST line vs the first.  Often minified JS does not end with a newline and it would probably help the copyright/commenting issue.