Setup Cargo Bin

Easy and cached installation of Cargo binaries

Example

The test action for this repository is a good example of how to use this workflow, all it requires is this execution:

Quick Note:

The test action installs cross which is licensed under the MIT License or Apache 2.0 License, cross is only used as a test in that workflow. The same applies for the upcoming example where cargo-modules licensed under the MPL license is used, all of their rights reserved.

Now back to the example:

- uses: actions/setup-cargo-bin@v1
  with:
    bin-name: 'A crates.io binary crate, like "cargo-modules" or "mdbook"'

The first time you run it, the installation will be cached, so it won't be installated every time you run the workflow. Using the args input, you can pass arguments to Cargo during the installation, such as --force:

- uses: actions/setup-cargo-bin@v1
  with:
    bin-name: 'cargo-modules'
    args:
      - --force

Note

This action only runs cargo install for the specified binary and caches it, it won't runs the binary.