Add Ignore A Directory During ripgrep Search as a Unix TIL

unix/ignore-a-directory-during-ripgrep-search.md

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+# Ignore A Directory During ripgrep Search
+
+When searching for patterns in project with many directories and files using
+`ripgrep`, it is easy to end up with an overwhelming amount of results. If you
+know that a certain directory of results isn't of interest, you can exclude
+that directory. This is done with the glob flag (`-g`) and the inverse (`!`)
+operator.
+
+Here is an example of just using the `-g` flag. This will find all matches of
+the pattern within that directory.
+
+```bash
+$ rg 'some pattern' -g 'dir/'
+```
+
+To instead exclude that directory and by extension search everywhere else, we
+can invert the glob match with `!`.
+
+```bash
+$ rg 'some pattern' -g '!dir/'
+```
+
+This says, find the pattern anywhere that is not in `dir/`.
+
+[source](https://blog.wxm.be/2020/11/08/ignore-folder-in-ripgrep.html)