rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Pausing the world when the user runs 'cargo build' etc. on the project

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Description

Similar to

  • #16239

I would appreciate it if there was a option to automatically pause rust-analyzer when a build process is run, to prevent "waiting for file lock on build directory" or competing for CPU if a separate build directory is set.

This would allow a user to choose to prioritise building the application/example over r-a, which is helpful for faster iteration times.

idea inspired by @vcokltfre

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Research direction

Start by reading the related issue #16239 and tracing how rust-analyzer interacts with cargo build and other build processes. The work is complete when users can choose to pause rust-analyzer during builds, avoiding build-directory lock contention or competing CPU use.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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