--invert-match works only on lines and not with filenames. is that supposed behaviour?

[saifali-ch]

I have 2 files in my dir.

1. Shortcuts.txt (It contains word 'below')
2. Themes & Fonts.txt (it doesn't contains word below)

With simple search rg below the output is correct.

When searched like this rg below --files-with-matches the output is again correct (as expected only the filename[Shortcuts.txt] is shown).

Now, when searched like this rg below --files-with-matches --invert-match. the output contains both filenames. However, it
should return only Themes & Fonts.txt because this is the file which doesn't have the word below in it.

I don't know weather it is bug or expected behaviour, so please ignore the dirname (rg-bug).

[BurntSushi]

There isn't enough info here to precisely answer. Assuming that Shortcuts.txt has at least one line that contains below, then the output is correct. --invert-match inverts matching in a line oriented way. That is, a matching line is any line that doesn't match the pattern. Thus, any file that contains any line that doesn't match the pattern is considered a matching file by --files-with-matches.

This is why the --files-without-match flag exists. It is likely what you want here.

[saifali-ch]

Exactly! this is what I wanted (Now it only prints Themes & Fonts.txt)
I have read the whole User Guide.md also the full --help version of ripgrep. But just skipped the flag you mentioned.
Thanks a lot!

Jazzak Allah