--ignored seems not to work

[Masynchin]

Problem

I want to patch code of ignored files (dependencies of my python project). But there is no difference with or without --ignored - Error: nothing found to replace. At the same time ripgrep correctly finds provided pattern.

To reproduce

Libs used:

• python==3.10.2
• ripgrep==13.0.0 (or rg)
• ruplacer==0.6.4

It might be overcomplicated, but it is my real situation. Steps to reproduce:

mkdir reproduce
cd reproduce

git init
echo venv/ > .gitignore

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install "Django==1.11.29"

# no any output since all files ignored by gitignore:
rg 'from collections import Iterable'
ruplacer 'from collections import Iterable' 'from collections.abc import Iterable'

# shows expected
rg 'from collections import Iterable' --no-ignore

# doesn't shows expected
ruplacer 'from collections import Iterable' 'from collections.abc import Iterable' --ignored

[dmerejkowsky]

Interesting. I guess if we use the ignore crate we better keep the same flags has ripgrep with the same behavior ...

There's a workaround for this specific case, though:

$ cd venv
$ ruplacer 'from collections import Iterable' 'from collections.abc import Iterable'

Also, (sorry, I have to ask) - are your really trying to use Django 1.11 with Python 3.10? Because in that case, the problem with abc is going to be the least of your problems ...

[Masynchin]

Also, (sorry, I have to ask) - are you really trying to use Django 1.11 with Python 3.10?

Yes, this was my task from some course that requires to use Django of 1.11 version. I may used python of another version but create script that removes incompatible parts was easier. That is how I found this tool (there was also sd but it seems more complicated to use for editing files).

[Masynchin]

There's a workaround for this specific case

In the reproduce steps I simplified gitignore creating process. Actualy there is default gitignore for python projects. So I should also do cd lib (which is also ignored) and then script can be executed.