Function ripGrep

src/utils/ripgrep.ts:337–455

(
  args: string[],
  target: string,
  abortSignal: AbortSignal,
)

}

export async function ripGrep(
  args: string[],
  target: string,
  abortSignal: AbortSignal,
): Promise<string[]> {
  await codesignRipgrepIfNecessary()

  // Test ripgrep on first use and cache the result (fire and forget)
  void testRipgrepOnFirstUse().catch(error => {
    logError(error)
  })

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    const handleResult = (
      error: ExecFileException | null,
      stdout: string,
      stderr: string,
      isRetry: boolean,
    ): void => {
      // Success case
      if (!error) {
        resolve(
          stdout
            .trim()
            .split('\n')
            .map(line => line.replace(/\r$/, ''))
            .filter(Boolean),
        )
        return
      }

      // Exit code 1 is normal "no matches"
      if (error.code === 1) {
        resolve([])
        return
      }

      // Critical errors that indicate ripgrep is broken, not "no matches"
      // These should be surfaced to the user rather than silently returning empty results
      const CRITICAL_ERROR_CODES = ['ENOENT', 'EACCES', 'EPERM']
      if (CRITICAL_ERROR_CODES.includes(error.code as string)) {
        reject(error)
        return
      }

      // If we hit EAGAIN and haven't retried yet, retry with single-threaded mode
      // Note: We only use -j 1 for this specific retry, not for future calls.
      // Persisting single-threaded mode globally caused timeouts on large repos
      // where EAGAIN was just a transient startup error.
      if (!isRetry && isEagainError(stderr)) {
        logForDebugging(
          `rg EAGAIN error detected, retrying with single-threaded mode (-j 1)`,
        )
        logEvent('ncode_ripgrep_eagain_retry', {})
        ripGrepRaw(
          args,
          target,
          abortSignal,