cargo-temp
A CLI tool that allows you to create a new rust project in a temporary directory with already installed dependencies.
Install
Requires Rust 1.51.
cargo install cargo-temp
Usage
Create a new temporary project:
-
With no additional dependencies:
$ cargo-temp -
With multiple dependencies:
$ cargo-temp rand tokio -
With a dependency that have a fixed version:
$ cargo-temp anyhow==1.0.13
Repositories
You can add repositories to your Cargo.toml.
Examples:
-
HTTP
$ cargo-temp anyhow=https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow.git -
SSH
$ cargo-temp anyhow=ssh://git@github.com/dtolnay/anyhow.git
This will add the repository on the default branch by default. You can choose another branch or a revision:
-
Branch
$ cargo-temp anyhow=https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow.git#branch=master -
Revision
$ cargo-temp anyhow=https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow.git#rev=7e0f77a38
Features
If you change your mind and decide to keep the project you can just delete the
TO_DELETE file and the directory will not be deleted when the shell or the
editor exits.
Settings
The config file is located at {CONFIG_DIR}/cargo-temp/config.toml.
When you run cargo-temp for the first time it will be created automatically.
We use the XDG system for both Linux and OSX
and the Know Folder system on Windows.
Temporary project directory
The path where the temporary projects are created. Set on the cache directory by default.
temporary_project_dir = "/home/name/.cache/cargo-temp/"
Cargo target directory
Cargo's target directory override.
This setting is unset by default and will be ignored if the CARGO_TARGET_DIR
environment variable is already set.
temporary_project_dir = "/home/name/repos/tmp"
Editor
You can use editor to start an IDE instead of a shell
and editor_args to provide its arguments. These settings are unset by default.
- Example to run VS Code on Unix
= "/usr/bin/code"
= [ "--wait", "--new-window" ]
- Example to run VS Code on Windows
= "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe"
= [ "--wait", "--new-window" ]