title: How do you exclude a specific file from ack (ack-grep)?
body: <p>With the normal <code>grep</code> command there is an <code>--exclude</code> option (covered in detail here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/221921/grep-exclude-include-syntax-do-not-grep-through-certain-files">Use grep --exclude/--include syntax to not grep through certain files</a>) that lets you ignore specific files when you are grepping.</p>
  
  <p>Ack's <code>--type</code> option takes care of 95% of the cases where you'd want to exclude files, but it doesn't (as far as I can tell) handle the case of excluding a specific file.  I've got a compiled JS file that has the contents of every other JS file in it (on a single line), so every time I grep for <em>anything</em> I get back the entire contents of that giant compiled file.</p>
  
  <p>I'd hate to have to give up on ack and go back to grep over this, but it is <em>really</em> annoying.  Please, someone tell me there's a way to exclude specific files from ack searches.</p>