If I call ag "SomeTest" ~/foo I get no result, while cd ~/foo; ag "SomeTest" lists the expected result. How comes?
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Weird. Is this with the same session and user? – fedorqui Jul 16 '15 at 16:02
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Yes. It's ag version 0.30.0 running in a Debian-wheezy-based LinuxContainer, same user, same shell. – rknuus Jul 16 '15 at 16:05
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is there any vcs ignores in play here? Add the -U flag to check. Is the foo directory compressed? Add the -z flag to check. – gregory Jan 16 '17 at 06:14
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Thx for the hints. After having updated my system I can't reproduce it anymore, however. – rknuus Jan 26 '17 at 17:31
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Perhaps the file you're searching for is in a symbolically linked directory, which ag does not follow unless you instruct to with the -f flag. For example:
$< /tmp/foo
test
$ls -l /tmp/foo
lrwxr-xr-x 1 gregory wheel 18B Jan 16 01:00 /tmp/foo -> /Users/gregory/foo
$ag test ./tmp
$ag -f test ./tmp
tmp/foo
1:test
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