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Rust CLI Troubleshooting: CI, Environment, Build Scripts, and Publishing/Validate publishing without uploading

Run Cargo’s publish checks as a dry run.

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Section: Build scripts, install, and publish checks

Validate publishing without uploading

bash
bash
cargo publish --dry-run
Explanation

A strong preflight check for Rust CLI crates before an actual registry upload.

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