Document protoc-gen-connect-rust installation#40
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External users have asked where to get the protoc-gen-connect-rust binary referenced in the buf.gen.yaml example. Add an 'Installing the plugins' subsection under Option A covering three install paths: - download a pre-built binary from the GitHub release (with sha256, cosign, and gh attestation verification commands) - cargo install --locked connectrpc-codegen - BSR remote plugin (planned, pending upstream acceptance) Also points users at the buffa repo for protoc-gen-buffa and protoc-gen-buffa-packaging. Closes #33
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External users have hit issue #33 ("missing info on installation of protoc-gen-connect-rust"). The README references the binary in the
buf.gen.yamlexample but never tells you where to get it.Adds an "Installing the plugins" subsection under Option A documenting three install paths:
sha256sum -c,gh attestation verify, andcosign verify-blobverification commands. The cosign cert-identity URL is hardcoded to the release workflow path so users can copy-paste it.cargo install --locked connectrpc-codegen— pulls the published codegen crate from crates.io and installsprotoc-gen-connect-rustinto$CARGO_HOME/bin.Also includes a one-line pointer to the buffa repo for
protoc-gen-buffaandprotoc-gen-buffa-packaging, which users on Option A also need.Closes #33.