Global search in .gitignore files

[quandangv]

Helix's global search doesn't search in files ignored by git. But I regularly need to search inside them.

I can't just add these files to git, how do I tell Helix to search inside them?

[javlonrahimov]

You can change this behavior in file picker configuration.

To see the files that are in the .gitignore , add this to your config.toml:

[editor.file-picker]
git-ignore = false

[leo-unglaub]

Additionally you can change it during runtime:

Enable searching in all files, even in .gitignored filed

:set file-picker.git-ignore false

Switch it on and off

:toggle file-picker.git-ignore