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# generate tags file for Vim
ctags -R --languages=Rust --exclude=target --exclude=.git --verbose .
# -R - recursively
# --languages - specify languages
# --exclude - do not include certain directories
# --verbose - detailed log output
# . - start with current directory of command
#     make sure this source dir/file is listed last in the command line
#     otherwise, options after it are ignored


# generate tags file for Emacs (-e)
ctags -e -R --languages=Rust --exclude=target --exclude .git .


# tags for NodeJS project
ctags -R --exclude=node_modules .


# Tags for all supported languages in project
ctags -R .


# Restrict tagging to specific languages.
ctags --languages=Python,JavaScript -R .


# Store relative to tag file location (--tag-relative=yes) and sort alphabetically (--sort)
ctags --sort --tag-relative=yes


# Include additional fields like language and kind and extras like doc comments, see help for details
ctags --fields=<list> --extras=<flags>