Direcory wide search using quickfix list in Neovim

If i am reading code and want to see all references of a word, until yesterday i have been opening the grepping popup to type the word that i am interested in searching for and then using the popup to preview the file contents.

I have a new workflow now. I have updated my configuration to search for the word under cursor and populate the quickfix list with all the references of the word. I have keymaps that make this a breeze.

-- <leader>gr => grep word under cursor, open quickfix
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>gr', function()
  local word = vim.fn.expand('<cword>')
  if word == nil or word == '' then return end
  vim.cmd('silent! grep! ' .. vim.fn.shellescape(word))
  vim.cmd('copen')
end, { desc = 'Grep <cword> and open quickfix' })

map('n', '<leader>q', ':cclose<CR>', { silent = true, desc = 'Quickfix: close' })
map('n', '<leader>cn',':cnext<CR>', { silent = true, desc = 'Quickfix: next' })
map('n', '<leader>cp',':cprevious<CR>', { silent = true, desc = 'Quickfix: prev' })

• BONUS TIP

Since it uses the quickfix list you can replace all the references of <cword> in the directory by using the substitue command :cdo s/[find]/[replace]/gc