Ask HN: Setting to ignore /node_modules with find and grep
2 points by ereckers 9 years ago | 1 commentSearching files in terminal and node_modules is making my life extremely uncomfortable.
Project directory looks like so:
project/
├── index.html
├── node_modules
├── js/
│ └── scripts.js
└── style.css
I find myself using `find . | xargs grep "text string"` to search the project directory.I want to ignore everything in node_modules all of the time.
I'm familiar with --prune and ignoring, etc.. but I want something like an alias in my .profile that ALWAYS ignores the contents of node_modules.
I've looked around, but I just don't know if I'm asking the question correctly.
Anyone have any solutions?
- kspaans 9 years agoTried `git grep`? It's a nearly full grep, and will ignore things that aren't tracked in the repo.