TIL: VSCode uses ripgrep!

[alex]

That was such an interesting to find out. I mean, I know it's fast, but I for whatever reason didn't think they think it's worth the integration cost (they have to have their own ripgrep builds so they set up a CI and everything, along with a JS library for using it)

Related file https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/f752b4e23b0482c463abca08e080cb9f0e80f785/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearchEngine.ts#L204 

Also fun fact: they use `find`` on some machines, seemingly

[jo...@jocadbz.xyz]

You learn something new everyday...

And that also explains how they are able to provide that good search function on repos. I always wondered where that came from. Turns out, they were indeed just plainly greping into the files. Smart ngl.

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