Allow aliasing specific version to generic channels
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- Rust
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Description
Problem you are trying to solve
I'm trying to install nightly-2024-10-25 as nightly, or 1.79.0 as stable to keep scripts as CI unchanged
Solution you'd like
rustup install nightly-2024-10-25 --default
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- 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 tracing the rustup install command and how it handles the --default option and channel names. Determine where a dated or numbered toolchain could be aliased to nightly or stable, then verify that the requested command preserves the generic channel for subsequent scripts. Add or update coverage for both example forms if the existing command tests provide a suitable place.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100