diff --git a/.config/ripgrep/ripgreprc b/.config/ripgrep/ripgreprc
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index 00000000..9132f1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/ripgrep/ripgreprc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# otherwise .github is ignored
+--hidden
+
+# now that we're searching hidden files/directories, ignore some standard ones
+--glob=!.git/*
+--glob=!.cargo/*
+--glob=!target/*
diff --git a/ripgreprc b/ripgreprc
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index 530f4762..00000000
--- a/ripgreprc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# otherwise .github is ignored
---hidden
-
-# ignore .git, now that we're searching hidden files/directories
---glob
-!.git/*
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