My ack-grep search helper file.

.ackrc

# only search with case sensitivity if there is mixed case
--smart-case

# Sort the files
--sort-files

--type-set=web=.css,.htm,.html,.php,.phtml,.js
--type-set=py=.py
--type-set=ruby=.rb,.rhtml,.rjs,.rxml,.erb,.rake,Rakefile
--type-set=steps=steps.rb,steps.java
--type-set=feature=.feature

# only search with case sensitivity if there is mixed case
--smart-case

# Sort the files
--sort-files

# types of files
--type-set=jmeter=.jmx
--type-set=steps=steps.rb,steps.java
--type-set=feature=.feature
--type-set=features=.feature
--type-set=sql=.sql,.bteq,.btq
--type-set=jenkins=.jenkinsfile,.jenkinsfile_script
--type-set=shell=.sh,.zsh,.bash
--type-set=text=.txt,.log,.yaml,.yml
--type-set=txt=.txt,.log,.yaml,.yml
--type-set=docker=Dockerfile*,docker-compose*
--type-set=config=.cfg,.conf,.config,.ini

# ignore these directories
--ignore-dir=.eggs
--ignore-dir=.git
--ignore-dir=.idea
--ignore-dir=.cache