Support abbreviating toolchain names (`+n`)
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Description
If rustup allowed abbreviating toolchain names via unambiguous prefixes, then cargo +n build would work instead of cargo +nightly build, which would save quite a bit of typing.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating rustup's command-line handling for cargo +toolchain arguments; the issue does not name a file or test. Determine how unambiguous prefixes should be resolved, then verify that cargo +n build works when the prefix identifies one toolchain and remains unambiguous in other cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100