cargo-use

Cargo subcommand to start a new Rust project from a boilerplate/template repository.

Prerequisites

• git

Installation

Install cargo-use with cargo

cargo install cargo-use

Usage

cargo use <user_or_org_name>/<repo-name>

or

cargo use https://github.com/<user_or_org_name>/<repo-name>

Default:

cargo use i4o-dev/startrs

Custom project name:

cargo use i4o-dev/startrs --name test-project

With additional dependencies:

cargo use i4o-dev/startrs --with tokio axum

TODO

• Repo could include full URL or just <username>/<repo> format. Both should work.
• Change name in Cargo.toml if name is given
• Unset git remote after the repo is created