| ▲ | dmix 9 hours ago | |
When Claude Code uses `grep` it's actually using `rg` underneath | ||
| ▲ | arthurjean 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
It even ships a bundled rg binary via @vscode/ripgrep — you can switch to your system rg with USE_BUILTIN_RIPGREP=0 for better perf. One gotcha worth knowing: in non-git repos, .gitignore rules are silently ignored because rg doesn't pass --no-require-git by default. | ||
| ▲ | tmp10423288442 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Codex does as well, although I think it actually shows it running `rg`. | ||
| ▲ | stared 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Oh, interesting! I had a user prompt that suggest using rg not grep, but was annoyed that it uses rg. | ||