Reference

Active contributors: Andrew Gallant

Reference material for working with the ripgrep codebase.

Page	Contents
Configuration	RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH syntax, environment variables, defaults
Data models	The LowArgs ↔ HiArgs ↔ runtime structs and how they connect
Dependencies	Direct and transitive crate dependencies, version pinning, build features

For user-facing documentation (flag reference, regex syntax, examples), see:

• The README
• The GUIDE
• The FAQ
• man rg (after installing the binary)
• rg --help (short) or rg --help long-form is generated from crates/core/flags/defs.rs