Tools #

ripgrep #

Use rg first for repository search. The default config is documented on the ripgrep program page.

Common searches:

rg pattern
rg -i pattern
rg "fn name" -t nix
rg pattern path/to/dir
rg -n -C 2 pattern
rg --files
rg --files -g '*.nix'

Filtering:

rg pattern -g '*.nix'
rg pattern -g '!**/node_modules/**'
rg pattern --hidden -g '!.git'
rg pattern -t md

Output:

rg pattern --json
rg pattern --count
rg pattern --files-with-matches
rg pattern --replace replacement

Project defaults:

--line-number
--smart-case
--max-columns=120
--max-columns-preview
--type-add=nix:*.nix
--glob=!.git/*
--glob=!**/node_modules/**
--glob=!**/target/**
--glob=!**/.build/**

OCaml #

Home Manager installs opam, ocaml, dune, utop, ocamlformat, and the OCaml language server.

For a new switch:

opam init
opam switch create . ocaml-base-compiler.5.4.1
opam install . --deps-only --with-test --with-doc

Other CLI tools #

Home Manager installs common helpers including fd, jq, yq, fzf, bat, dust, tree, zellij, gum, glow, vhs, btop, cava, shellcheck, shfmt, zig, zls, lldb, typst, and mdbook.