cargo-check(1)
NAME
cargo-check - Check the current package
SYNOPSIS
cargo check [options]
DESCRIPTION
Check a local package and all of its dependencies for errors. This will
essentially compile the packages without performing the final step of code
generation, which is faster than running cargo build. The compiler will save
metadata files to disk so that future runs will reuse them if the source has
not been modified. Some diagnostics and errors are only emitted during code
generation, so they inherently won't be reported with cargo check.
OPTIONS
Package Selection
By default, when no package selection options are given, the packages selected
depend on the selected manifest file (based on the current working directory if
--manifest-path is not given). If the manifest is the root of a workspace then
the workspaces default members are selected, otherwise only the package defined
by the manifest will be selected.
The default members of a workspace can be set explicitly with the
workspace.default-members key in the root manifest. If this is not set, a
virtual workspace will include all workspace members (equivalent to passing
--workspace), and a non-virtual workspace will include only the root crate itself.
-pspec...--packagespec...- Check only the specified packages. See cargo-pkgid(1) for the
SPEC format. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix
glob patterns like
*,?and[]. However, to avoid your shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must use single quotes or double quotes around each pattern. --workspace- Check all members in the workspace.
--all- Deprecated alias for
--workspace. --excludeSPEC...- Exclude the specified packages. Must be used in conjunction with the
--workspaceflag. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns like*,?and[]. However, to avoid your shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must use single quotes or double quotes around each pattern.
Target Selection
When no target selection options are given, cargo check will check all
binary and library targets of the selected packages. Binaries are skipped if
they have required-features that are missing.
Passing target selection flags will check only the specified targets.
Note that --bin, --example, --test and --bench flags also
support common Unix glob patterns like *, ? and []. However, to avoid your
shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must
use single quotes or double quotes around each glob pattern.
--lib- Check the package's library.
--binname...- Check the specified binary. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns.
--bins- Check all binary targets.
--examplename...- Check the specified example. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns.
--examples- Check all example targets.
--testname...- Check the specified integration test. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns.
--tests- Check all targets in test mode that have the
test = truemanifest flag set. By default this includes the library and binaries built as unittests, and integration tests. Be aware that this will also build any required dependencies, so the lib target may be built twice (once as a unittest, and once as a dependency for binaries, integration tests, etc.). Targets may be enabled or disabled by setting thetestflag in the manifest settings for the target. --benchname...- Check the specified benchmark. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns.
--benches- Check all targets in benchmark mode that have the
bench = truemanifest flag set. By default this includes the library and binaries built as benchmarks, and bench targets. Be aware that this will also build any required dependencies, so the lib target may be built twice (once as a benchmark, and once as a dependency for binaries, benchmarks, etc.). Targets may be enabled or disabled by setting thebenchflag in the manifest settings for the target. --all-targets- Check all targets. This is equivalent to specifying
--lib --bins --tests --benches --examples.
Feature Selection
The feature flags allow you to control which features are enabled. When no
feature options are given, the default feature is activated for every
selected package.
See the features documentation for more details.
-Ffeatures--featuresfeatures- Space or comma separated list of features to activate. Features of workspace
members may be enabled with
package-name/feature-namesyntax. This flag may be specified multiple times, which enables all specified features. --all-features- Activate all available features of all selected packages.
--no-default-features- Do not activate the
defaultfeature of the selected packages.
Compilation Options
--targettriple- Check for the given architecture. The default is the host architecture. The general format of the triple is
<arch><sub>-<vendor>-<sys>-<abi>. Runrustc --print target-listfor a list of supported targets. This flag may be specified multiple times.This may also be specified with the
build.targetconfig value.Note that specifying this flag makes Cargo run in a different mode where the target artifacts are placed in a separate directory. See the build cache documentation for more details.
-r--release- Check optimized artifacts with the
releaseprofile. See also the--profileoption for choosing a specific profile by name. --profilename- Check with the given profile.
As a special case, specifying the
testprofile will also enable checking in test mode which will enable checking tests and enable thetestcfg option. See rustc tests for more detail.See the the reference for more details on profiles.
--ignore-rust-version- Check the target even if the selected Rust compiler is older than the
required Rust version as configured in the project's
rust-versionfield. --timings=fmts- Output information how long each compilation takes, and track concurrency
information over time. Accepts an optional comma-separated list of output
formats;
--timingswithout an argument will default to--timings=html. Specifying an output format (rather than the default) is unstable and requires-Zunstable-options. Valid output formats:html: Write a human-readable filecargo-timing.htmlto thetarget/cargo-timingsdirectory with a report of the compilation. Also write a report to the same directory with a timestamp in the filename if you want to look at older runs. HTML output is suitable for human consumption only, and does not provide machine-readable timing data.json(unstable, requires-Zunstable-options): Emit machine-readable JSON information about timing information.
Output Options
--target-dirdirectory- Directory for all generated artifacts and intermediate files. May also be
specified with the
CARGO_TARGET_DIRenvironment variable, or thebuild.target-dirconfig value. Defaults totargetin the root of the workspace.
Display Options
-v--verbose- Use verbose output. May be specified twice for "very verbose" output which
includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output.
May also be specified with the
term.verboseconfig value. -q--quiet- Do not print cargo log messages.
May also be specified with the
term.quietconfig value. --colorwhen- Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
auto(default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.always: Always display colors.never: Never display colors.
May also be specified with the
term.colorconfig value. --message-formatfmt- The output format for diagnostic messages. Can be specified multiple times
and consists of comma-separated values. Valid values:
human(default): Display in a human-readable text format. Conflicts withshortandjson.short: Emit shorter, human-readable text messages. Conflicts withhumanandjson.json: Emit JSON messages to stdout. See the reference for more details. Conflicts withhumanandshort.json-diagnostic-short: Ensure therenderedfield of JSON messages contains the "short" rendering from rustc. Cannot be used withhumanorshort.json-diagnostic-rendered-ansi: Ensure therenderedfield of JSON messages contains embedded ANSI color codes for respecting rustc's default color scheme. Cannot be used withhumanorshort.json-render-diagnostics: Instruct Cargo to not include rustc diagnostics in in JSON messages printed, but instead Cargo itself should render the JSON diagnostics coming from rustc. Cargo's own JSON diagnostics and others coming from rustc are still emitted. Cannot be used withhumanorshort.
Manifest Options
--manifest-pathpath- Path to the
Cargo.tomlfile. By default, Cargo searches for theCargo.tomlfile in the current directory or any parent directory. --frozen--locked- Either of these flags requires that the
Cargo.lockfile is up-to-date. If the lock file is missing, or it needs to be updated, Cargo will exit with an error. The--frozenflag also prevents Cargo from attempting to access the network to determine if it is out-of-date.These may be used in environments where you want to assert that the
Cargo.lockfile is up-to-date (such as a CI build) or want to avoid network access. --offline- Prevents Cargo from accessing the network for any reason. Without this
flag, Cargo will stop with an error if it needs to access the network and
the network is not available. With this flag, Cargo will attempt to
proceed without the network if possible.
Beware that this may result in different dependency resolution than online mode. Cargo will restrict itself to crates that are downloaded locally, even if there might be a newer version as indicated in the local copy of the index. See the cargo-fetch(1) command to download dependencies before going offline.
May also be specified with the
net.offlineconfig value.
Common Options
+toolchain- If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to
cargobegins with+, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as+stableor+nightly). See the rustup documentation for more information about how toolchain overrides work. --configKEY=VALUE- Overrides a Cargo configuration value.
-h--help- Prints help information.
-Zflag- Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run
cargo -Z helpfor details.
Miscellaneous Options
-jN--jobsN- Number of parallel jobs to run. May also be specified with the
build.jobsconfig value. Defaults to the number of logical CPUs. If negative, it sets the maximum number of parallel jobs to the number of logical CPUs plus provided value. Should not be 0. --keep-going- Build as many crates in the dependency graph as possible, rather than aborting
the build on the first one that fails to build. Unstable, requires
-Zunstable-options. --future-incompat-report- Displays a future-incompat report for any future-incompatible warnings
produced during execution of this command
See cargo-report(1)
ENVIRONMENT
See the reference for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
EXIT STATUS
0: Cargo succeeded.101: Cargo failed to complete.
EXAMPLES
-
Check the local package for errors:
cargo check -
Check all targets, including unit tests:
cargo check --all-targets --profile=test