Emit more verbose debugging than `--debug`.
Section: Debug missing or surprising results
Use trace logging for deeper internals
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rg --trace 'TODO' .Explanation
Trace mode is noisier but can be useful when diagnosing regex, ignore, or performance issues.
Learn the surrounding workflow
Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.
Related commands
Same sheet · prioritizing Debug missing or surprising results
Inspect filtering decisions
Show diagnostics about ignores, globs, and traversal.
See what happens with binary detection
Override binary skipping during diagnosis.
Audit ignore-file influence
Run without ignore support to compare results.