-- 0.29.1 8 feb. 2015
New file extension detection
Possible speed up on BSD-derived platforms, during filename filtering
Add --[no]filename
Standardize some options (e.g. --line-numbers and --no-numbers are now --[no]numbers)
More fixes for --only-matching
Add --one-device doesn't follow links to other devices
Add Vala file type
Probably 99% of ignores are in the root directory, optimize this case
Option -v/--invert-match turn off colors
Various fixes
-- 0.28 25 dec. 2014
Set processor affinity for worker threads, may result in 3-5% performance improvement for certain systems
Add Mercury file type
Support for -o (--only-matching)
Allow multiple file types at the same time
Allow unlimited depth
Add -F/--fixed-strings to be more compatible with 'grep' usage
Add extensions for OCaml files
Fix exit code
Fix bash completion
-- 0.27 15 nov. 2014
Search stdin if stdin is a regular file
Add --count/-c to count matches
Add -0 and --print0 options
Add Liquid filetype
Add Markdown support
:: Release 0.26.0
Fixes for ignores
Add markdown filetype
Add filetype completion for bash completion
:: Release 0.25.0
--vimgrep option added
Add less filetype
Add --null option to provide input to 'xargs -0'
Case insensitive matching is now the default
Add swift filetype
* portability
* clang support
* make --invert-match (-v) behave as in ack/grep
* more searchable file types (and --list-file-types option)
* default to smart-case when searching (differs from ack)
Why use ag?
* It searches through code about 3x-5x faster than ack.
* It ignores files matched by patterns in your .gitignore and .hgignore.
* If there are files in your source repo that you don't want to
search, just add their patterns to a .agignore file.
* It's written in C instead of perl, the lesser of two evils :)
* The binary name is 33% shorter than ack!