directory or project specific configuration files

[fidalgo]

Describe your feature request

My request is about to add support for ripgrep to lookup for a .ripgreprc file in the current directory and then look up in the user folder.

Software projects are very different by nature, and having a global configuration of ripgrep, is not always suitable for different projects. If I'm doing a C project, I would like to exclude the build directory, but if I'm using a ruby project that build could contain some scripts that will help me, let's say create an artefact for deploy.

Having the same configuration and especially use it for the backend of a search system in the editor (my case) will lead in unsatisfactory results.

[BurntSushi]

Not happening, sorry. I elaborated more here: #1373 (comment)

Instead, I recommend sourcing a project specific shell script that sets the appropriate env var.

[salim-b]

Possibly useful bit of information for future visitors here: While ripgrep doesn't support project-specific configuration files, it does actually support project-specific ignore files incl. a ripgrep-specific .rgignore file. 😊