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• detect_binary_per_byte reads every changed file to EOF (no early exit, no size cap on watcher path)

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#895 · Opened Oct 1, 2026

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• [Bug]: Prebuilt binary download 404s and falls back to a slow cargo build

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#892 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 28, 2026

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• [Bug]: overlapping pickers in one process each open their own inotify instance, multiplying watches against the per-uid limit

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#885 · Opened Sep 23, 2026

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• [Bug]: indexing ignores git's global core.excludesFile

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#874 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 17, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: share fff-mcp indexes without leaking worktree state

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#850 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 6, 2026

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• [Bug]: pi-fff external-path grep can permanently block the Pi process

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#843 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2026

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• [Optimization] Streamline fffind & ffgrep promptGuidelines into concise heuristics

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#842 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: persist results to file

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#834 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 29, 2026

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• ffgrep: path constraint targeting an unindexed file silently widens to a repo-wide fuzzy search

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#830 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2026

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• [Bug]: pi-fff 0.10.5 fails to load fff-node: No "exports" main defined

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#803 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026

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• pi-fff: emit hashline [path#TAG] headers so ffgrep output is directly editable in omp

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#795 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2026

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• [Bug]: on android SIGSEGV when a directory contains more than two child directories

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#786 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 16, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: Expose matched pattern identity from multiGrep

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#776 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 14, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: Ability to specify searching directories or files in the interactive picker

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#736 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 1, 2026

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• [Bug]: Expected full file match

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#722 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 28, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: support scan_inclusions

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#719 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 28, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: fff-mcp: let the user choose which tools the server exposes

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#716 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 27, 2026

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• feat(pi-fff): search explicitly specified ignored paths via a scoped auxiliary index

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#714 · 10 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2026

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• [Bug]: pi-fff reuses broader aux finder that excludes explicit absolute-path target

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#711 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2026

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• [Bug]: tons of full rescans while tracked repo files are barely changed

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#690 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 18, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: honor `roots/list_changed` notifications

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#675 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 14, 2026

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• [Bug]: FFF segfaults when launching neovim from a deleted directory.

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#672 · 9 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2026

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• SIGSEGV crash: LMDB reader slot leak causes MDB_READERS_FULL after multiple nvim sessions

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#664 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 9, 2026

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• [Bug]: False "no result" using ffgrep in plain mode

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#654 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2026

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• [Bug]: High CPU/disk usage when indexing large generated data folders

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#650 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 5, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: Add index persistence

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#642 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: index files inside linked git worktrees that live under repo root (like .worktrees/)

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#608 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 17, 2026

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• [Suggestion]: browse oldfiles

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#585 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 9, 2026

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• API to control what is ignored and `--no-ignore` ability to index everything

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#530 · 3 comments · 9 reactions · Opened May 25, 2026

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• fff-mcp quit unexpectedly (fff-mcp 0.8.1, macOS 26.4.1, Claude Code 2.1.139)

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#506 · 1 comment · Opened May 20, 2026

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• pi-fff blocks Pi /new and /resume while waiting for FileFinder scan on session_start

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#477 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened May 18, 2026

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• [FEATURE REQUEST] Shortcut to quick-open top files in the list in nvim plugin

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#447 · 6 comments · Opened May 4, 2026

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• [nvim] Cache gets completely filled by (what i assume is) garbage

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#437 · 9 comments · Opened May 2, 2026

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• MCP grep results appear partial vs native grep (need exhaustive mode for drop-in routing)

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#365 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2026

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• LLM gets cognitive overload from overlapping tool names fff_grep and fff_multi_grep

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#311 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 26, 2026

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• Feature Request: Context lines and definition detection in grep

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#297 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2026

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• Request for fff cli tool to use in terminal

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#290 · 7 comments · 20 reactions · Opened Mar 16, 2026

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• [Discussion] unintuitive `find_suitable_window` logic for `edit` actions

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#287 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2026

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• Progressive search

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#275 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 7, 2026

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• "Not in a git repo" returns

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#233 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 16, 2026

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• jj support?

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#192 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Dec 13, 2025

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• BUG: List of files in `find_files_in_dir()` shows up in `find_files()`

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#154 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 13, 2025

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• .gitignore parsed in a loop and causing high CPU usage

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#151 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2025

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• [feature request] Find files based on the current buffer name

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#138 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 31, 2025

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• Keybinding to show/hide preview

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#119 · 1 comment · 8 reactions · Opened Aug 19, 2025

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• Does it support --no-ignore args?

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#108 · 6 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Aug 15, 2025

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• [Feature request] allow patterns

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#80 · 3 comments · 16 reactions · Opened Aug 9, 2025

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• [Feature request] allow ignore some patterns

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#72 · 22 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 6, 2025

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• [Feature Request] Right-justify directory names to improve readability

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  dmtrKovalenko/fff#66 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2025

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