How to sync .ackrc and .gitignore_global?

Question

I find that the file/directory types in my .gitignore_global (which changes fairly regularly) are typically those that I'd like to ignore in my ack searches.

Is there a way to sync or "pipe" the the ignored files / directories from my .gitignore_global to my .ackrc?

Answer 1

Edit: I now use ripgrep for this type of thing.

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Recently found Ag (a.k.a. the silver searcher) and git-grep, both of which serve my purpose.

Answer 2

ack does not currently look at .gitignore, but we have plans to allow for plugins in the future and that will be one of the first ones we do.