Rust cargo Action

This GitHub Action runs specified cargo command on a Rust language project.

Example workflow

on: [push]

name: CI

jobs:
  build_and_test:
    name: Rust project
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: build
          toolchain: nightly
          arguments: --release --all-features
      - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
        with:
          command: test
          toolchain: nightly
          arguments: --all-targets

Inputs

• command (required) - Cargo command to run (ex. check or build)
• toolchain - Rust toolchain to use (without the + sign, ex. nightly)
• args - Arguments for the cargo command
• use-cross - Use cross instead of cargo (default: false)

Why?

Why is it needed when you can just do the -run: cargo build step?

Because it can call cross instead of cargo if needed. If cross is not installed, it will be installed automatically on a first call.

In a future this Action might be available to install other cargo subcommands on demand too.