Blitz Search

Blitz Search is an external Tool that provides a dialogue for search.

The goal for Blitz Search is to fully replace Find-in-Files. Go ahead and rebind both Control-Shift-F and Control-Shift-H to the "Blitz Search This/Blitz Replace This commands.

Blitz Search is a Standalone Tool ( see extension for VS Code, Sublime Text, Notepad++, and Jetbrains ).

Source code for Blitz Search (app) here:

https://github.com/natestah/blitzSearch/

This extension enables a rich interaction with the tool allowing you to Search for Words at your caret position, but also taking care of Scopes, Find-in-Solution or project.

Faster words-on-a-line Search

Find in Solution, Project, Opened files, Active file, or Folder sets

These scopes, when selected, update results in real time.

Words on a line query is default

Using Modern C# as an example for a search that's hard with traditional search

    var myListOfVegetables = new List<string>();
    List<string> myListOfVegetables = new();
    List<string> myListOfVegetables = new List<string>();

With Blitz Search the "vegetables new list" matches all of things, where with traditional Literal search or Regular Expression, this can be hard to do.

Configure Sets of Paths, with Icons.

(Click image for Youtube demo)

Blitz Search This Command

Blitz Search This Command Finds ( find it in command pallete "Blitz Search This" ) the word at the caret:

Blitz Replace This Command

Blitz Replace Command Frames up a Replacement Query, Replace can be either "Words", "Literal" or Regular Expression

Features

• Find words on a line by default ( Literal and Regex are available too )
• Find Text in Files faster.
• Results update automatically while you type and adjust the query, or save files.
• Handles Large volumes of files quickly.
• Syntax Highlighting in results.
• Follows .GitIgnore / .BlitzIgnore file filter to reduce results from codegen.
• Auto-Human text file discovery Takes burden off Filtering.
• FileName filter is a word on same words on a line query "\path_name\ @.cs|@.xaml".
• Community Driven features ( see Discord invite )
• Solution / Project Scope filtering
• Scope to Open files / Active file.

Requirements

Windows x64 only, Download and install the FREE Companion application Blitz Search.

Download from

natestah.com/download

Known Issues

Blitz Search currently has a small user base. So feedback is scarce.

Blitz Search Discord

x.com/BlitzSearch

Blitz Search is #buildinginpublic, check out this YouTube channel

• I have an over 25 years of AAA game development history, including Working on 10 different Call of Duty titles! I am telling my story as well as doing regular updates on Blitz Search.

Enjoy!