Zoekt

• GitHub
• Used for Gitlab Exact code search
• Issues:
  • Index multiple local git repositories
  • Support for self-hosted Gitlab repos

Install

pamac install zoekt ctags

Usage

• Command-based usage

Index

Index a single git repo:

zoekt-git-index -index ~/.zoekt/ .

Index recursively

See Synchronizing local git repos

Install zoekt-local-sync:

go install github.com/sourcegraph/zoekt/cmd/zoekt-local-sync@latest

Test indexing:

zoekt-local-sync -index ~/.zoekt/work ~/git

Index:

zoekt-local-sync -index ~/.zoekt/work -f ~/git

Search

• Zoekt Query Language Guide

Examples:

Search all READMEs for the case-insensitive string todo (-r shows the path to the repo):

zoekt -r 'f:README.md TODO'

Search for python scripts:

zoekt -r 'lang:python'