Find a file (via recursive directory search) in Vim

Question

Is there any way to search a directory recursively for a file (using wildcards when needed) in Vim? If not natively, is there a plugin that can handle this?

Answer 1

ag tool and corresponding Ag vim plugin solves this problem perfectly:

To find a file using some pattern use:

AgFile! pattern

It will open quickfix window with results where you can choose.

You can add vim keybinding to call this command using selected word as a pattern.

nnoremap   :AgFile! ''
vnoremap   y :AgFile! '"'