README.md

This Java library turns binary storage (files, S3 objects, anything) into Cargo repository - Rust Package Registry. It is a part of Artipie binary artifact management tool and provides a fully-functionable Rust Registry, which cargo can perfectly understand.

Some valuable references and need-to-know:

• Cargo is a Rust package manager. Cargo manages project dependencies, compile sources and distribute arttifdacts to repositories.
• Rust package
• Cargo guide.
• Cargo reference.
• Default Cargo repository is https://crates.io, Sources of crates.io: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io
• Start Crates with docker-compose: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#running-cratesio-with-docker

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Artipie roadmap.

Repository structure

Repository indexes are stored in the git repository, which allows cargo efficiently fetch incremental updates. In the repository root config.json should be located, this file contains the info for accessing the registry:

{
    "dl": "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates",
    "api": "https://crates.io"
}

where dl is the url for downloading crates and api is the base URL for the web API, api is optional, but without it commands such cargo publish will not work.

Download url should send .crate file for the requested package, package name and version are appended to the base url along with download word: {package_name}/{package_version}/download. dl value also may have markers in the url, find more information here.

The rest of the repository index contains one file for each package, where each version metadata is presented in json format. The files are organized in a tier of directories by the following rules:

• Packages with 1 char names are placed in a directory named 1
• Packages with 2 chars names are placed in a directory named 2
• Packages with 3 chars names are placed in the directory 3/{first-char} where {first-char} is the first character of the package name
• All other packages are stored in directories named {first-two}/{second-two} where the top directory is the first two chars of the package name, and the next subdirectory is the third and fourth chars of the package name

Package metadata file is named with lowercased package name. For more detailed description check the documentation.

Format of the package metadata file is the following: each line contains json object, that contains information about published version of the package. Thus, to be placed on one line, this json should not be pretty-printed (should not contain line-brakes or extra spaces between items). Here is the example of one line, pretty-printed for better understanding:

{
    // The name of the package.
    "name": "foo",
    // The version of the package this row is describing.
    "vers": "0.1.0",
    // Array of direct dependencies of the package.
    "deps": [
        {
            // Name of the dependency.
            "name": "rand",
            // The semver requirement for this dependency.
            "req": "^0.6",
            // Array of features (as strings) enabled for this dependency.
            "features": ["i128_support"],
            // Boolean of whether or not this is an optional dependency.
            "optional": false,
            // Boolean of whether or not default features are enabled.
            "default_features": true,
            //etc
        }
    ],
    // A SHA256 checksum of the `.crate` file.
    "cksum": "d867001db0e2b6e0496f9fac96930e2d42233ecd3ca0413e0753d4c7695d289c",
    // Set of features defined for the package.
    // Each feature maps to an array of features or dependencies it enables.
    "features": {
        "extras": ["rand/simd_support"]
    },
    // Boolean of whether or not this version has been yanked.
    "yanked": false,
    // The `links` string value from the package's manifest, or null if not
    // specified. This field is optional and defaults to null.
    "links": null
}

The full set of package version properties can be found here. The only field, that can be modified in the json objects is yanked, this field should be set to true with cargo yank command.

How to contribute

Fork repository, make changes, send us a pull request. We will review your changes and apply them to the master branch shortly, provided they don't violate our quality standards. To avoid frustration, before sending us your pull request please run full Maven build:

$ mvn clean install -Pqulice

To avoid build errors use Maven 3.2+ and please read contributing rules.