Rust's cargo has very useful
commands extra subcommands that you can install via cargo install. Here I shall mention a few I have found useful.
- cargo-watch
– checks for changes in source then runs a command when there is one. e.g.,
cargo watch -x run. - cargo-checkmate – runs a whole bunch of pretty sane checks on your code. a great pre-submit (it can even install itself).
- cargo-udeps
– finds unused dependencies as in
catch +nightly udeps - cargo-deny – a bit like cargo-audit that cargo-checkmate pulls in, but does licenses, allows stuff to be banned and configured, check where crates come from.
- cargo-outdated – identify outdated dependencies.