cargo-remote/README.md
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# Cargo Remote
***Use with caution, I didn't test this software well and it is a really hacky
(at least for now). If you want to test it please create a VM or at least a separate
user on your build host***
## Why I built it
One big annoyance when working on rust projects on my notebook are the compile
times. Since I'm using rust nightly for some of my projects I have to recompile
rather often. Currently there seem to be no good remote-build integrations for
rust, so I decided to build one my own.
## Planned capabilities
This first version is very simple (could have been a bash script), but I intend to
enhance it to a point where it detects compatibility between local and remote
versions, allows (nearly) all cargo commands and maybe even load distribution
over multiple machines.
## Usage
For now only `cargo remote [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <command>` works: it copies the
current project to a temporary directory (`~/remote-builds/<project_name>`) on
the remote server, calls `cargo <command>` remotely and optionally (`-c`) copies
back the resulting target folder. This assumes that server and client are running
the same rust version and have the same processor architecture. On the client `ssh`
and `rsync` need to be installed.
### Configuration
You can place a file called `.cargo-remote.toml` in the same directory as your
`Cargo.toml`. There you can define a default remote build host and user. It can
be overridden by the `-r` flag.
Example `.cargo-remote.toml`:
```toml
remote = "builds@myserver"
```
### Flags and options
```
cargo-remote
USAGE:
cargo remote [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <command>
FLAGS:
-c, --copy-back transfer the target folder back to the local machine
--help Prints help information
-h, --transfer-hidden transfer hidden files and directories to the build server
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--manifest-path <manifest_path> Path to the manifest to execute
-r, --remote <remote> remote ssh build server
ARGS:
<command> cargo command that will be executed remotely
```
## How to install
```bash
git clone https://github.com/sgeisler/cargo-remote.git
cd cargo-remote
cargo install
```