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cargo binstall support

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, release

Research direction

Start with the cargo-binstall SUPPORT.md linked in the issue and inspect this repository's existing installation and release configuration. Determine the repository changes required for cargo binstall support, then verify that the resulting quick install workflow works as expected.

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Description

Would be nice to support the cargo binstall workflows to make installing binaries easier / have quick build + install workflows. Documentation for adding support.

Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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Avg merge
21h 38m
Merged PRs (30d)
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