Rust CLI Troubleshooting: CI, Environment, Build Scripts, and Publishing/Minimal build.rs rerun rule
Prevent unnecessary build-script reruns.
Section: Build scripts, install, and publish checks
Minimal build.rs rerun rule
rust
rust
fn main() {
println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=src/schema.sql");
}Explanation
Useful when debugging why `build.rs` seems to rerun too often or not often enough.
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