feat(cli): add grep/find/findstr as alternative search strategy

extensions/cli/package.json

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@sentry/profiling-node": "^9.43.0",
     "fdir": "^6.4.2",
+    "find-up": "^8.0.0",
     "fzf": "^0.5.2",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.1"
   },
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
     "@vitest/ui": "^3.2.4",
     "@workos-inc/node": "^7.45.0",
     "chalk": "^5.4.1",
+    "clipboardy": "^4.0.0",
     "commander": "^14.0.0",
     "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.1.0",
     "core": "file:../../core",
@@ -100,7 +102,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.32.0",
     "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^4.1.4",
     "execa": "^9.6.0",
-    "clipboardy": "^4.0.0",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
     "glob": "^11.0.3",
     "gpt-tokenizer": "^3.0.1",

extensions/cli/src/tools/searchCode.ts

@@ -3,15 +3,27 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as util from "util";
 
 import { ContinueError, ContinueErrorReason } from "core/util/errors.js";
+import { findUp } from "find-up";
 
 import { Tool } from "./types.js";
 
 const execPromise = util.promisify(child_process.exec);
 
-// Default maximum number of results to display
-const DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS = 100;
-const MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 1000;
+async function getGitignorePatterns() {
+  const gitIgnorePath = await findUp(".gitignore");
+  if (!gitIgnorePath) return [];
+  const content = fs.readFileSync(gitIgnorePath, "utf-8");
+  const ignorePatterns = [];
+  for (let line of content.trim().split("\n")) {
+    line = line.trim();
+    if (line.startsWith("#") || line === "") continue; // ignore comments and empty line
+    if (line.startsWith("!")) continue; // ignore negated ignores
+    ignorePatterns.push(line);
+  }
+  return ignorePatterns;
+}
 
+// procedure 1: search with ripgrep
 export async function checkIfRipgrepIsInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
     await execPromise("rg --version");
@@ -21,6 +33,57 @@ export async function checkIfRipgrepIsInstalled(): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
+async function searchWithRipgrep(
+  pattern: string,
+  searchPath: string,
+  filePattern?: string,
+) {
+  let command = `rg --line-number --with-filename --color never "${pattern}"`;
+
+  if (filePattern) {
+    command += ` -g "${filePattern}"`;
+  }
+
+  const ignorePatterns = await getGitignorePatterns();
+  for (const ignorePattern of ignorePatterns) {
+    command += ` -g "!${ignorePattern}"`;
+  }
+
+  command += ` "${searchPath}"`;
+  const { stdout, stderr } = await execPromise(command);
+  return { stdout, stderr };
+}
+
+// procedure 2: search with grep on unix or findstr on windows
+async function searchWithGrepOrFindstr(
+  pattern: string,
+  searchPath: string,
+  filePattern?: string,
+) {
+  const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
+  const ignorePatterns = await getGitignorePatterns();
+  let command: string;
+  if (isWindows) {
+    const fileSpec = filePattern ? filePattern : "*";
+    command = `findstr /S /N /P /R "${pattern}" "${fileSpec}"`; // findstr does not support ignoring patterns
+  } else {
+    let excludeArgs = "";
+    for (const ignorePattern of ignorePatterns) {
+      excludeArgs += ` --exclude="${ignorePattern}" --exclude-dir="${ignorePattern}"`; // use both exclude and exclude-dir because ignorePattern can be a file or directory
+    }
+    if (filePattern) {
+      command = `find . -type f -path "${filePattern}" -print0 | xargs -0 grep -nH -I${excludeArgs} "${pattern}"`;
+    } else {
+      command = `grep -R -n -H -I${excludeArgs} "${pattern}" .`;
+    }
+  }
+  return await execPromise(command, { cwd: searchPath });
+}
+
+// Default maximum number of results to display
+const DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS = 100;
+const MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 1000;
+
 export const searchCodeTool: Tool = {
   name: "Search",
   displayName: "Search",
@@ -73,15 +136,26 @@ export const searchCodeTool: Tool = {
       );
     }
 
-    let command = `rg --line-number --with-filename --color never "${args.pattern}"`;
-
-    if (args.file_pattern) {
-      command += ` -g "${args.file_pattern}"`;
-    }
-
-    command += ` "${searchPath}"`;
+    let stdout = "",
+      stderr = "";
     try {
-      const { stdout, stderr } = await execPromise(command);
+      if (await checkIfRipgrepIsInstalled()) {
+        const results = await searchWithRipgrep(
+          args.pattern,
+          searchPath,
+          args.file_pattern,
+        );
+        stdout = results.stdout;
+        stderr = results.stderr;
+      } else {
+        const results = await searchWithGrepOrFindstr(
+          args.pattern,
+          searchPath,
+          args.file_pattern,
+        );
+        stdout = results.stdout;
+        stderr = results.stderr;
+      }
 
       if (stderr) {
         return `Warning during search: ${stderr}\n\n${stdout}`;
@@ -121,13 +195,8 @@ export const searchCodeTool: Tool = {
           args.file_pattern ? ` in files matching "${args.file_pattern}"` : ""
         }.`;
       }
-      if (error instanceof Error) {
-        if (error.message.includes("command not found")) {
-          throw new Error(`ripgrep is not installed.`);
-        }
-      }
       throw new Error(
-        `Error executing ripgrep: ${
+        `Error executing search: ${
           error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
         }`,
       );