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cargo init — Create a new Cargo package. Equivalent of `cargo new`, but specifying a directory is optional. More

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Problem

How to use the cargo init command: Create a new Cargo package. Equivalent of cargo new, but specifying a directory is optional. More information: <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-init.html>.

Solution

cargo init — Create a new Cargo package. Equivalent of cargo new, but specifying a directory is optional. More information: <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-init.html>.

Initialize a Rust project with a binary target in the current directory:

cargo init

Initialize a Rust project with a binary target in the specified directory:

cargo init {{path/to/directory}}

Initialize a Rust project with a library target in the current directory:

cargo init --lib

Initialize a version control system repository in the project directory (default: git):

cargo init --vcs {{git|hg|pijul|fossil|none}}

Set the package name (default: directory name):

cargo init --name {{name}}

Code Snippets

Initialize a Rust project with a binary target in the current directory

cargo init

Initialize a Rust project with a binary target in the specified directory

cargo init {{path/to/directory}}

Initialize a Rust project with a library target in the current directory

cargo init --lib

Initialize a version control system repository in the project directory (default: `git`)

cargo init --vcs {{git|hg|pijul|fossil|none}}

Set the package name (default: directory name)

cargo init --name {{name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/cargo init

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