Ignoring sub-directories in .ackrc

Question

I'd like to get my .ackrc configured so ack doesn't look inside my test/coverage folder. So far I've ended up with this :

--ignore-dir=coverage

This works, but it doesn't feel quite as right as :

--ignore-dir=test/coverage

Problem is the latter doesn't work and test/coverage content is searched.

Am I missing something or is ack not prepared to deal with subdirectories ?

Raving

You're not missing anything. I'm looking as well but it doesn't seem to be an option as best I can tell. – Norean

Answer 1

The ack changelog explicity mentions this as a feature, supported since ack 1.93_02. Quote: "The --ignore-dir option now can ignore entire paths relative to your current directory."

I tried it and it works. I would check if your test/coverage directory is directly relative to the folder you're running ack from. Otherwise I'm not sure what could be going on.

Twoway

Good to know, ubuntu's ack version being 1.92 it didn't work for me. Hope they upgrade soon. Thanks. – Raving

the link simply redirects to home page.. m having the same problem.. but not getting the exact solution. what should i write in .ackrc. – Prolocutor