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Re:Helix-gpui: A simple GUI for the Helix editor by mgrandl on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @02:58AM (#40498116)
For discovering files in an unknown codebase I use the grep feature in Helix (or just ripgrep CLI). Way faster than going through a tree in most cases.
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Re:Helix-gpui: A simple GUI for the Helix editor by spartanatreyu on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @07:07PM (#40506540)
Can you give an example of how it is faster than a tree?

How would it work if you don't know the names of all the files or directories?

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