Fast 'Find in Files' for VIM?

Question

What are some options for getting really fast \'Find in Files\' searching in VIM?

Our codebase is large enough that searching needs to work off an index. grep/vimgrep/et

Answer 1

Try to install https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim, http://beyondgrep.com/ ,

then make a link

ln -s /usr/bin/ack-grep /usr/bin/ack 

and add

noremap  :copen:Ack -aQi --ignore-dir someignoringdir

to your .vimrc, after you can find in files through Ctrl+F, enjoy

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