Telescope live grep args

Live grep args picker for telescope.nvim.

What it does

It enables passing arguments to the grep command, rg examples:

foo → press <C-k> → "foo" → "foo" -tmd
- Only works if you set up the <C-k> mapping
--no-ignore foo
"foo bar" bazdir
"foo" --iglob **/bar/**

Find the full ripgrep guide here to find out what is possible.

Installation

Packer

Add `telescope-live-grep-args.nvim` as `telescope.nvim` dependency, e.g.:

use {
  "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  requires = {
    { "nvim-telescope/telescope-live-grep-args.nvim" },
  },
  config = function()
    require("telescope").load_extension("live_grep_args")
  end
}

Other

Once live grep args is available as lua module, load the extension:

require("telescope").load_extension("live_grep_args")

Setup

Map live grep args:

keymap.set("n", "<leader>fg", ":lua require('telescope').extensions.live_grep_args.live_grep_args()<CR>")

Call live grep args:

:lua require("telescope").extensions.live_grep_args.live_grep_args()

Usage

Options

Name	Description
`search_dirs`	Directory/directories/files to search. Paths are expanded and appended to the grep command.

Grep argument examples

(Some examples are ripgrep specific)

Prompt	Args	Description
`foo bar`	`foo bar`	search for „foo bar“
`"foo bar" baz`	`foo bar`, `baz`	search for „foo bar“ in dir „baz“
`--no-ignore "foo bar`	`--no-ignore`, `foo bar`	search for „foo bar“ ignoring ignores
`"foo" --iglob /test/`	search for „foo“ in any „test“ path
`"foo" ../other-project`	`foo`, `../other-project`	search for „foo“ in `../other-project`

If the prompt value does not begin with ', " or - the entire prompt is treated as a single argument. This behaviour can be turned off by setting the auto_quoting option to false.

Configuration

local telescope = require("telescope")
local lga_actions = require("telescope-live-grep-args.actions")

telescope.setup {
  extensions = {
    live_grep_args = {
      auto_quoting = true, -- enable/disable auto-quoting
      -- define mappings, e.g.
      mappings = { -- extend mappings
        i = {
          ["<C-k>"] = lga_actions.quote_prompt(),
          ["<C-i>"] = lga_actions.quote_prompt({ postfix = " --iglob " }),
        },
      },
      -- ... also accepts theme settings, for example:
      -- theme = "dropdown", -- use dropdown theme
      -- theme = { }, -- use own theme spec
      -- layout_config = { mirror=true }, -- mirror preview pane
    }
  }
}

This extension accepts the same options as builtin.live_grep, check out :help live_grep and :help vimgrep_arguments for more information. Additionally it also accepts theme and layout_config.

Mapping recipes:

This table provides some mapping ideas:

Mapped function	Description	Example
`actions.quote_prompt()`	Quote prompt	`foo` → `"foo"`
`actions.quote_prompt({ postfix = ' --iglob ' })`	Quote prompt and add `--iglob`	`foo` → `"foo" --iglob`
`actions.quote_prompt({ postfix = ' -t' })`	Quote prompt and add `-t`	`foo` → `"foo" -t`

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