This plugin does one thing well:

• search for a pattern across multiple files,
• displays the matches & lets you delete matches you don't want to replace,
• replace those matches with a new pattern

Dependencies

• neovim (with floating windows)
• ripgrep (with --json support)
• sed

WARNING: The supported regex syntax is the intersection of what both ripgrep and sed support. Figuring that out is left as an exercice for the reader.

Neovim only for the moment (accepting PRs)

Demo

Run :Search to open the prompt window, or :Search pattern [directories] to search directly.

Add this to your vimrc to open the search prompt quickly.

" Open search prompt
nnoremap <silent><C-f><C-f> :Search<CR>
" Search directly for word under cursor
nnoremap <silent><C-f><C-w> :Search <C-R><C-W><CR>
nnoremap <silent><C-f>w     :Search <C-R><C-W><CR>

From here, press d on match lines to remove that match, and press d on filename lines to remove the whole file from the operation. When you're satisfied, run :Replace replacement to have the remaining matches replaced. Done. (you'll get a X replacements in Y files confirmation)

Pattern: a search pattern in a sed/ripgrep compatible format Directories: a comma separated list of patterns in the gitignore format (! makes it an exclude)

See the docs for more keybindings and options.

The regex patterns supported are the subset of what is supported by both ripgrep and sed. Nothing fancy, no look(behind|ahead).

" Create configuration object if it doesn't exist
let g:searchReplace = get(g:, 'searchReplace', {})

" Closes window on BufLeave event
let g:searchReplace.close_on_exit = v:true

" The edit comment to use to open files
let g:searchReplace.edit_command = 'EditPreviousWindow'

" for example, this can be used to unfocus the search window
" before opening the match
command! -nargs=1 EditPreviousWindow :execute 'wincmd p | edit ' . <f-args>

" Open the search window yourself
let g:searchReplace.open_window = {->execute('aboveleft split')}