:Rg [pattern] [file or folder location] not behaving as expected about fzf.vim HOT 3 CLOSED

Is it limited to current directory only using :Rg [PATTERN]

Yes. The default implementation of :Rg command treats the whole arguments as a single pattern string.

This allows you to omit quotes when you search for a query with spaces or quote characters. I find it extremely useful when searching for lines that print logs.

:Rg cannot proceed
:Rg "Failed to

But you can override this behavior by redefining :Rg command or defining a command with a different name, so each argument is directly passed to the ripgrep process.

command! -complete=file -bang -nargs=* Rg
  \ call fzf#vim#grep("rg --with-filename --column --line-number --no-heading --color=always --smart-case -- ".<q-args>, fzf#vim#with_preview(), <bang>0)

With this version, you can do something like :Rg pattern ./location/to/file.extension, but :Rg (no arguments), :Rg cannot proceed (query string with spaces), :Rg "Failed to (query string with quote characters), etc will no longer work. So you probably want to define it with a different name.

from fzf.vim.

RG is taken. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim?tab=readme-ov-file#commands

from fzf.vim.

Idea: this seems to be a common use-case. Can fzf.vim add a new command called :RG that behaves like that?

In other words, out-of-the-box people will have :Rg that behaves as usual, and :RG that allows specifying files.

from fzf.vim.