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		pmontra on Sept 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ripgrep – A new command line search tool I didn't notice that. Thanks. It works. The binary is 11 MB, or 1.5 MB stripped. ag is 69176 bytes. Shared libraries were a good invention :-) Sooner or later rg will be packaged properly too.

cgag on Sept 23, 2016 | [–]

I'd much rather have a self contained binary than 11 more MB of free space.

steveklabnik on Sept 23, 2016 | [–]

Yes, especially given that rustc/cargo are appearing in distro's package sets already. Exciting times :)

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