cargo-instruments 0.1.1

Generate Xcode Instruments trace files for binary targets.
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# cargo-instruments

Easily generate [Instruments] traces for your rust crate.

`cargo-instruments` is glue between cargo and Xcode's bundled profiling suite.
It allows you to easily profile any binary in your crate, generating files
that can be viewed in the Instruments app.

![Instruments Time Profiler](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmyr/cargo-instruments/screenshots/instruments_time1.png)
![Instruments System Trace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmyr/cargo-instruments/screenshots/instruments_sys1.png)

## Installation

First, ensure that you are running macOS, with Cargo, Xcode, and the Xcode Command Line
Tools installed; then install with **`cargo install cargo-instruments`**.

## Use

### basic usage

`cargo-instruments` requires a binary target to run. By default, it will try to
build the current crate's `main.rs`. You can specify an alternative binary by
using the `--bin` or `--example` flags.

_Generate a new trace file_ (by default saved in `/target/instruments`)

```sh
$ cargo instruments [template] [--bin foo | --example bar] [--out out_file]
```

_Open the file in Instruments.app_ (or pass `--open` to open automatically)

```sh
$ open target/instruments/my_bin_YYYY-MM-DD-THH:MM:SS.trace
```

### Templates

Instruments has the concept of 'templates', which describe sets of dtrace probes
that can be enabled. `cargo-instruments` will use the "[Time Profiler][Time
Profiler]", which collects CPU core and thread use.


### examples

```sh
# profile the main binary with the Allocations template
$ cargo instruments alloc
```

```sh
# profile examples my_example.rs
$ cargo instruments --example my_example
```

## Resources

[Instruments Help][Instruments]

### WWDC videos

The best source of information about Instruments is likely the various WWDC
sessions over the years:

- [Profiling in Depth](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2015/412/)
- [Using Time Profiler in Instruments](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/418/)
- [System Trace in Depth](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/411/)
- [Creating Custom Instruments](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2018/410/)





[Instruments]: https://help.apple.com/instruments/mac/10.0/
[Time Profiler]: https://help.apple.com/instruments/mac/10.0/#/dev44b2b437