cargo-gc-target

A cargo sub-command to delete unused files in your cargo target directory.

Installation

cargo install cargo-gc-target

Your cargo version should be at least 1.51.0.

Usage

In your project/workspace directory, simple run:

cargo gc

Note: It's gc. Not gc-target.

It can automatically follow custom target-dir specified in .cargo/config or environment variable CARGO_TARGET_DIR.

Limitations

• It doesn't work well on shared target directory, since a simple tracing GC will erase all artifacts untracable from current workspace but may still referenced in some other workspaces.

  When resolved target directory is outside the workspace, an error will be emitted to protect user from accidentally erasing shared target directory. If you really know what you are doing, pass -f to force GC anyway.

• Cargo target hierarchy and metadata calculation may change between versions. When using cargo other than 1.51.0, it may incorrectly remove tracable artifacts. Use it with care!

Supported directories to GC

License

MIT Licensed.