cargo wsdeps

Manage dependencies that are shared among crates in a workspace.

Installation

Using homebrew:

brew install ecliptical/cargo-wsdeps/cargo-wsdeps

Using cargo binstall:

cargo binstall --locked cargo-wsdeps

Using cargo install:

cargo install --locked cargo-wsdeps

Usage

cargo wsdeps suggests three kinds of changes to a workspace:

1. consolidate dependencies declared inline by 2+ member crates into shared [workspace.dependencies] entries (and rewrite the members to use workspace = true),
2. remove [workspace.dependencies] entries that no member references, and
3. (with --aggressive) move a workspace dependency back into the sole member that uses it, when only one member inherits it via workspace = true and no other member references it inline.

To print a summary of suggested changes:

cargo wsdeps show [--aggressive]

To generate a unified diff with the suggested changes:

cargo wsdeps diff [--dotted] [--aggressive]

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