From dc41e6c152bc377568b170d3bc6127fa417de2e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Duckles <tony@nynim.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:59:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] bin/ack-wrapper: Use ack-wrapper

Creating a bridge script for allowing directory-level additional
.ackrc settings but without overriding the default $HOME/.ackrc
settings. This allows for directory/project-specific .ackrc files,
e.g. for project-specific --ignore-dir settings.
---
 .ackrc          |  2 ++
 .bashrc         |  7 +++----
 bin/ack-wrapper | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 bin/ack-wrapper

diff --git a/.ackrc b/.ackrc
index 443c757..34763f2 100644
--- a/.ackrc
+++ b/.ackrc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # no grouping
 --noheading
 --break
+# always use a PAGER
+--pager=less
 
 # Ack Type Settings
 # ####################################################################
diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 891f80c..d9defe0 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ else
 fi
 export PAGER MANPAGER
 
-# ack
-ACK_PAGER="$PAGER"
-ACK_PAGER_COLOR="$PAGER"
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # PROMPT
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -268,6 +264,9 @@ settitle() {
     printf "\033k%s\033\\" "$@"
 }
 
+# ack-wrapper
+alias ack="ack-wrapper"
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # BASH COMPLETION
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/ack-wrapper b/bin/ack-wrapper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49e5386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ack-wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Wrapper around 'ack' to crawl all directories from $PWD to / (or $HOME)
+# looking for a "local" .ackrc file. Useful for setting project-level
+# --ignore-dir settings.
+
+PWD=$(pwd)
+HOME=~
+ACKARGS=""
+
+match=""
+dir="$PWD"
+while [ "$dir" != "/" -a "$match" = "" ]; do
+    if [ -e "$dir/.ackrc" ]; then
+        if [ "$dir" != "$HOME" ]; then
+            match=1
+            echo "(Include: ${dir}/.ackrc)"
+            ACKARGS="$(egrep "^[^#]" "${dir}/.ackrc" | xargs) $ACKARGS"
+        else
+            match=0
+        fi
+    else
+        dir=$(dirname "$dir")
+    fi
+done
+
+command ack $ACKARGS $*
-- 
2.43.0