This module enables Visual Studio code to run Find All References
calls with the power of ripgrep
which is a soltion written in rust and performs well than Silver Searcher, Platinum searcher etc
This module on ripgrep package. Instructions to install ripgrep can be found here
You can install ripgrep using homebrew, Windows Chocolatey or Cargo if you are a rust developer. You also find the binaries to install on Linux, Windows and Mac on the github repo.
$ brew install ripgrep
$ choco install ripgrep
$ cargo install ripgrep
You can also use Silver searcher as an alternative to ripgrep. Simply install it and update the config
$ brew install ag
Include if your extension adds any VS Code settings through the contributes.configuration
extension point.
For example:
This extension contributes the following settings:
find.all.references.engine
: rg/ag , based on the available seacher you can use either ripgrep ( rg ) or Silver Searcher ( ag )Use ripgrep
find.all.references.engine: 'rg'
Use silver searcher
find.all.references.engine: 'ag'
No testing has been carried out on Windows, PR's wellcome.
Enjoy!