https://github.com/discretetom/vscode-ripgrep-utils

Utils to make it easy to call ripgrep in VSCode's extensions.
https://github.com/discretetom/vscode-ripgrep-utils

javascript nodejs ripgrep typescript vscode vscode-extension

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Utils to make it easy to call ripgrep in VSCode's extensions.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/discretetom/vscode-ripgrep-utils
• Owner: DiscreteTom
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-11-14T11:23:03.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-08T15:07:46.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-10T01:07:22.408Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: javascript, nodejs, ripgrep, typescript, vscode, vscode-extension
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 94.7 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# vscode-ripgrep-utils

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Utils to make it easy to call [`ripgrep`](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) in VSCode's extensions.

## Install

```bash

yarn add vscode-ripgrep-utils

```

## Usage

VSCode use `ripgrep` to search files. There is a `rg` binary in VSCode's installation directory, but the location differs on different platforms and different versions. This package provides a `getBinPath` function to get the absolute path of the `rg` binary.

```ts

import * as vscode from "vscode";

import { getBinPath } from "vscode-ripgrep-utils";

await getBinPath(vscode.env.appRoot);

```

Then you can use the high level `search` function to search files, or the low level `exec`/`execJson` functions to execute `ripgrep` with custom arguments.

```ts

import * as vscode from "vscode";

import { getBinPath, search, exec, execJson } from "vscode-ripgrep-utils";

const bin = await getBinPath(vscode.env.appRoot);

await search({ bin, folder: "./", regex: "123" });

await exec(bin, "--version");

await execJson(bin, "-e", "123");

```

Enable debug to see what command is executed.

```ts

import { config } from "vscode-ripgrep-utils";

config.debug = true;

```

## Credit

This project is inspired by [Gruntfuggly/todo-tree](https://github.com/Gruntfuggly/todo-tree/tree/a6f60e0ce830c4649ac34fc05e5a1799ec91d151) and [alexlafroscia/ripgrep-js](https://github.com/alexlafroscia/ripgrep-js).

## [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md)