Fable struggles with ripgrep flags, adding erroneous -r unlike Codex

andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-08-26

A user observed a behavioral difference in tool usage: Fable, despite instructions to the contrary, insists on adding a recursive flag (-r) that mangles ripgrep output, while Codex executes the command correctly without adding superfluous parameters.

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