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npongratz on Nov 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: GNU grep is 10x faster than Mac grep

Per the README on the github page, instructions for building ag for Windows are here:

https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher/wiki/Windows

The author forewarns that "[i]t's complicated".

AngryParsley on Nov 28, 2012 [–]

Since I added pthreads, there's no chance that it builds on Windows anymore. I don't have a Windows machine or VM to test stuff out on. Patches welcome, though!

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