Byron / Byron/crates-index-diff-rs

Is it possible to find the date of a change?

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enhancement help wanted
Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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Description

Unless you go to poke the `crates.io` HTTP API, the only way to find the publication date of a particular version of a crate is to grovel through the index git repository. I'm going to need to do this eventually, but since this project already does a bit of groveling through the index git repository, would you be interested if I just contributed a PR to add this functionality?

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing code that traverses the crates.io index git repository and compare it with the crates.io HTTP API's publication-date data. Define how the project should expose the date for a particular crate version, then verify that the result matches the registry data; the issue names no files or tests to run.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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