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0 pointsO_H_E3y ago0 comments

>> Their docs and website try very hard to suggest you should use it for some kind of CI process...

Just a piece of feedback for the record: I have been stuck in exactly the same place the few times I was interested in trying out a ripgrep alternative that understood semantics, but didn't have such an urgent need to actually understand how to get things going.

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underyx3y ago

Thanks! Could you let me know what you'd change on our Getting Started[0] page to explain the CLI usage better?

[0]: https://semgrep.dev/docs/getting-started/

craigds3y ago

I'd suggest adding at least one example of using `semgrep --pattern <pattern>`. That seems pretty well hidden in the docs, and for me it's the most useful option.

I wasn't trying to search for things that other people thought were interesting; I wanted a tool that would search for some pattern I thought of - and preferably without having to write a yaml file.

underyx3y ago

Thanks a lot! I opened a pull request with your suggestion here: https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep-docs/pull/744

Edit: It's approved but that's just our CEO :D I'll wait for an approval from our tech writers who are in non-US time zones, so your suggestion will likely land tomorrow. Thank you!

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0 pointsO_H_E3y ago0 comments

>> Their docs and website try very hard to suggest you should use it for some kind of CI process...

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underyx3y ago

Thanks! Could you let me know what you'd change on our Getting Started[0] page to explain the CLI usage better?

[0]: https://semgrep.dev/docs/getting-started/

craigds3y ago

I'd suggest adding at least one example of using `semgrep --pattern <pattern>`. That seems pretty well hidden in the docs, and for me it's the most useful option.

underyx3y ago

Thanks a lot! I opened a pull request with your suggestion here: https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep-docs/pull/744

Edit: It's approved but that's just our CEO :D I'll wait for an approval from our tech writers who are in non-US time zones, so your suggestion will likely land tomorrow. Thank you!

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