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fd v9.0.0
Search large directory trees several times faster.
Before you upgrade to v9.0.0
`.git/` is now ignored with `--hidden`; `-I` or `--no-ignore-vcs` includes it. Reverted in v10.0.0.
Behavior changedInclude hidden files or files your ignore rules exclude when you need them.Affects: Users of `--hidden` in git repositories
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What changed in v9.0.0
Full traversals are 6 to 13 times faster; `-t c` and `-t b` find character and block devices; `.git/` is skipped with `--hidden`.
v9.0.0.
Fixed and improved
Traversal is 6 to 8 times faster on 100k files and up to 13 times on 1M files; at most 64 threads by default.
ImprovedFind files and directories whose names match a pattern, skipping hidden and .gitignore'd files by default.
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Character and block device file types.
ImprovedLimit results to a file extension or a type such as files, directories, symlinks or executables.
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Seeded by 
@iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.