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[dead10ck]

Title is self-explanatory.

[sharkdp]

Thank you for the suggestion.

Unfortunately, the name fd is already taken by @stemjail's https://github.com/stemjail/fd-rs - https://crates.io/crates/fd

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Are there any other advantages, apart from being able to run cargo install <crate-name>?

[tmccombs]

does the cargo/crate name need to be the same as the executable? If not you could name the crate something like fd-command or fd-finder or even better-find. Or make fd an acronym for something, and spell out the full name in the crate name. I actually think the last one might be a good idea regardless, since fd is kind of hard to search for (especially since it is already frequently used to mean "file descriptor"). Unfortunately I can't really think of any cool names that fd would be short for.

[dead10ck]

The crate name really doesn't matter. Any of @tmccombs ' suggestions would work. @sharkdp there's that, and also storing every old version that gets published without having to resort to something like git tags. Also, it's just a pain for users to have to look up the github URL every time.

[sharkdp]

I quite like the fd-finder idea, but also +1 for the remark about finding an expanded name in order for this to be more memorable (and search-engine friendly).

I tried my best in expanding the fd acronym. Here are a few ideas (not to be taken too seriously):

• find-deluxe - maybe a little bit too pretentious 😄
• file-detector
• find-data
• finding-dory

Something like ag - the silver searcher would be cool, but Fd is not a chemical element ☹️.

[erf]

Suggestion:

• find-direct
• file-direct(or)
• find-diabolic ;)
• fd - find with rust

[sharkdp]

fd is now on crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/fd-find and therefore can be installed via

cargo install fd-find

Thanks!