;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-find-regexp (regexp)
- "Find all matches for REGEXP in all marked files, recursively."
+ "Find all matches for REGEXP in all marked files.
+For any marked directory, all of its files are searched recursively.
+However, files matching `grep-find-ignored-files' and subdirectories
+matching `grep-find-ignored-directories' are skipped in the marked
+directories.
+
+REGEXP should use constructs supported by your local `grep' command."
(interactive "sSearch marked files (regexp): ")
(require 'grep)
(defvar grep-find-ignored-files)
+ (defvar grep-find-ignored-directories)
(let* ((files (dired-get-marked-files))
(ignores (nconc (mapcar
(lambda (s) (concat s "/"))
- vc-directory-exclusion-list)
+ grep-find-ignored-directories)
grep-find-ignored-files))
(xrefs (cl-mapcan
(lambda (file)
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace (from to)
- "Replace matches of FROM with TO, in all marked files, recursively."
+ "Replace matches of FROM with TO, in all marked files.
+For any marked directory, matches in all of its files are replaced,
+recursively. However, files matching `grep-find-ignored-files'
+and subdirectories matching `grep-find-ignored-directories' are skipped
+in the marked directories.
+
+REGEXP should use constructs supported by your local `grep' command."
(interactive
(let ((common
(query-replace-read-args