A parallel universal-ctags wrapper for git repository
ptags is a universal-ctags wrapper to have the following features.
- Search git tracked files only (
.gitignoresupport ) - Call
ctagscommand in parallel for acceleration- Up to x5 faster than universal-ctags
Download from release page, and extract to the directory in PATH.
Alternatively you can install by cargo.
cargo install ptags
ptags uses ctags and git command internally.
The tested version is below.
| Command | Version |
|---|---|
ctags |
Universal Ctags 0.0.0(f9e6e3c1) / Exuberant Ctags 5.8 |
git |
git version 2.14.2 |
git-lfs |
git-lfs/2.3.3 |
ptags 0.1.12-pre
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A parallel universal-ctags wrapper for git repository
USAGE:
ptags [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [DIR]
FLAGS:
--config Generate configuration sample file
--exclude-lfs Exclude git-lfs tracked files
-h, --help Prints help information
--include-ignored Include ignored files
--include-submodule Include submodule files
--include-untracked Include untracked files
-s, --stat Show statistics
--unsorted Disable tags sort
--validate-utf8 Validate UTF8 sequence of tag file
-V, --version Prints version information
-v, --verbose Verbose mode
OPTIONS:
--bin-ctags <bin_ctags> Path to ctags binary [default: ctags]
--bin-git <bin_git> Path to git binary [default: git]
--completion <completion> Generate shell completion file [possible values: bash, fish,
zsh, powershell]
-e, --exclude <exclude>... Glob pattern of exclude file ( ex. --exclude '*.rs' )
-c, --opt-ctags <opt_ctags>... Options passed to ctags
-g, --opt-git <opt_git>... Options passed to git
--opt-git-lfs <opt_git_lfs>... Options passed to git-lfs
-f, --file <output> Output filename ( filename '-' means output to stdout ) [default: tags]
-t, --thread <thread> Number of threads [default: 8]
ARGS:
<DIR> Search directory [default: .]
You can pass options to ctags by-c/--ctags_opt option like below.
ptags -c --links=no -c --languages=Rust
Searched file types per options are below.
--include-submodule and --include_untracked are exclusive.
This is the restriction of git ls-files.
Any include/exclude options without the above combination can be used simultaneously.
| File type | Default | --exclude-lfs | --include-ignored | --include-submodule | --include-untracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tracked | o | o | o | o | o |
| untracked | x | x | x | x | o |
| ignored | x | x | o | x | x |
| lfs tracked | o | x | o | o | o |
| in submodules | x | x | x | o | x |
You can override any default option by ~/.ptags.toml like below.
The complete example of ~/.ptags.toml can be generated by --config option.
thread = 16
bin_ctags = "ctags2"
bin_git = "git2"- CPU: Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
- MEM: 128GB
- OS : CentOS 7.4.1708
| Name | Repository | Revision | Files | Size[GB] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| source0 | https://github.com/neovim/neovim | f5b0f5e17 | 2370 | 0.1 |
| source1 | https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm | ddf9edb4020 | 29670 | 1.2 |
| source2 | https://github.com/torvalds/linux | 071e31e254e0 | 52998 | 2.2 |
| source3 | https://github.com/chromium/chromium | d79c68510b7e | 293205 | 13 |
ptags is up to x5 faster than universal-ctags.
| Command | Version | source0 | source1 | source2 | source3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ctags -R |
Universal Ctags 0.0.0(f9e6e3c1) | 0.41s ( x1 ) | 3.42s ( x1 ) | 23.64s ( x1 ) | 32.23 ( x1 ) |
ptags -t 16 |
ptags 0.1.4 | 0.13s ( x3.15 ) | 0.58s ( x5.90 ) | 4.24s ( x5.58 ) | 7.27s ( x4.43 ) |