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 VERSION 0.7
 
-# CARGO caches the cargo command "cargo $cargo_args"
+# CARGO runs the cargo command "cargo $args".
+# This UDC should be thread safe. Parallel builds of targets using it should be free of race conditions.
 # Arguments:
-#   - args (required): Cargo subcommand and its arguments
+#   - args: Cargo subcommand and its arguments. Required
+#   - keep_fingerprints (false): Do not remove source packages fingerprints. Use only when source packages have been COPYed with --keep-ts option
 #   - output: Regex to match the files within the target folder to be copied from the cache to the caller filesystem (image layers).
 #     Use this argument when you want to SAVE an ARTIFACT from the target folder (mounted cache), always trying to minimize the total size of the copied fileset.
 #     For example --output="release/[^\./]+" would keep all the files in /target/release that don't have any extension
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+# lib/rust
+
+Earthly's official collection of rust [UDCs](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/udc).
+
+## +CARGO
+
+This UDC runs the cargo command `cargo $args` caching the contents of `$CARGO_HOME/registry`, `$CARGO_HOME/git` and `target` for future builds of the same calling target. 
+
+### Usage
+
+First, import the UDC up in your Earthfile:
+```earthfile
+IMPORT github.com/earthly/lib/rust:<version/commit> AS rust
+```
+
+Then, just use it in your own targets and UDCs:
+```earthfile
+DO rust+CARGO ...
+```
+
+### Thread safety
+This UDC should be thread safe. Parallel builds of targets using it should be free of race conditions.
+
+### Arguments
+
+#### `args`
+Cargo subcommand and its arguments. Required.
+
+#### `keep_fingerprints (false)`
+Do not remove source packages fingerprints. Use only when source packages have been `COPY`ed with `--keep-ts` option.
+
+Cargo caches compilations of packages in `target` folder based on their last modification timestamps. 
+
+By default, this UDC removes the fingerprints of the packages found in the source code, to force their recompilation and work even when the Earthly `COPY` commands used overwrote the timestamps.
+
+#### `output`
+Regex to match the files within the target folder to be copied from the cache to the caller filesystem (image layers). 
+
+Use this argument when you want to `SAVE ARTIFACT` from the target folder (mounted cache), always trying to minimize the total size of the copied fileset. 
+
+For example `--output="release/[^\./]+"` would keep all the files in `/target/release` that don't have any extension.
+
+### Examples:
+
+Suppose the following project:
+```
+.
+├── Cargo.lock
+├── Cargo.toml
+├── deny.toml
+├── Earthfile
+├── package1
+│   ├── Cargo.toml
+│   └── src
+│       └── ...
+└── package2
+    ├── Cargo.toml
+    └── src
+        └── ...
+```
+
+The Earthfile would look like:
+
+```earthfile
+VERSION 0.7
+ARG --global debian=bookworm
+
+# Importing UDC definition from default branch (in a real case, specify version or commit to guarantee immutability)
+IMPORT github.com/earthly/lib/rust AS rust
+
+install:
+  FROM rust:1.73.0-$debian
+  RUN apt-get update -qq
+  RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq autoconf autotools-dev libtool-bin clang cmake bsdmainutils
+  RUN cargo install --locked cargo-deny
+  RUN rustup component add clippy
+  RUN rustup component add rustfmt
+
+source:
+  FROM +install
+  COPY --keep-ts Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+  COPY --keep-ts deny.toml ./
+  COPY --dir package1 package2  ./
+
+# build builds with the Cargo release profile
+build:
+  FROM +source
+  DO rust+CARGO --args="build --release" --output="release/[^/\.]+"
+  SAVE ARTIFACT ./target/release/ target AS LOCAL artifact/target
+
+# test executes all unit and integration tests via Cargo
+test:
+  FROM +source
+  DO rust+CARGO --args="test"
+
+# fmt checks whether Rust code is formatted according to style guidelines
+fmt:
+  FROM +source
+  DO rust+CARGO --args="fmt --check"
+
+# lint runs cargo clippy on the source code
+lint:
+  FROM +source
+  DO rust+CARGO --args="clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings"
+
+# check-dependencies lints our dependencies via `cargo deny`
+check-dependencies:
+  FROM +source
+  DO rust+CARGO --args="deny --all-features check --deny warnings bans license sources"
+```