cargo-warehouse

A Rust utility that significantly reduces disk space usage and speeds up Rust builds by creating a shared cache for build artifacts across multiple projects.

🚀 Features

Creates a centralized build cache in your home directory Automatically links your Rust projects to use this shared cache Cross-platform support for Windows and Unix-based systems Reduces disk usage by avoiding duplicate build artifacts Speeds up builds by reusing cached dependencies

📥 Installation

cargo install cargo-warehouse

🔧 Usage

cargo warehouse

This will:

Create a .cargo-cache directory in your home folder (if it doesn't exist) Set up the necessary directory structure for caching Link your project's build directories to this centralized cache

💡 How It Works

The tool creates symbolic links from your project's target directory subdirectories to a centralized cache in your home directory. This means:

Build artifacts are shared between projects Dependencies are compiled once and reused Disk space is saved by eliminating duplicate builds

⚠️ Limitations

Requires admin privileges to create symbolic links

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.