This release introduces an experimental new feature: an updater which allows your users to install new releases without having to go download a new installer themselves. It also includes a few other bugfixes and improvements.

Features

cargo-dist updater

The new cargo-dist updater, axoupdater, provides a way for your users to easily upgrade your software without needing to check your website for new versions. If you enable the new install-updater = true option in cargo-dist, users who install your software via the shell or PowerShell installers will receive a standalone updater program alongside your program itself. Running this program will check for updates and, if necessary, install the new version for them. In addition, axoupdater provides a Rust library with all of its functionality exposed so that you can choose to integrate the updater functionality into your own program directly.

For more information, see the cargo-dist documentation or consult the axoupdater repository and documentation.

Homebrew cask dependencies

Homebrew cask dependencies can now be installed.

• impl @mistydemeo feat: support cask deps for Homebrew

PowerShell installer tests

We now run PowerShell installers end to end in cargo-dist's own tests.

• impl @Gankra chore: add ruin_me powershell tests

Invoke rustup target add for additional forms of cross-compiling

We now run rustup target add unconditionally when cross-compiling; before, this was limited to macOS or for musl Linux. This is primarily useful for targeting Windows ARM, but may be useful for other cross-compilation targets in the future.

• impl @AustinWise feat: always rustup target add in cross

Allow overriding install path in shell and PowerShell installers

Although some installer configuration allows setting the installation path, there was previously no way to force the installer to install to a location of the user's choosing. We've added a feature to do so via the new CARGO_DIST_FORCE_INSTALL_DIR environment variable.

This is primarily intended for cargo-dist's internal use, and is used by the updater to ensure that new releases are installed in the same location as the previous version; other users may find it useful.

• impl @mistydemeo feat: allow overriding install path

Fixes

• @mistydemeo fix install path in install receipts in certain circumstances
• @Gankra fix: for reals reals utf8 for reals FOR REALS
• @kbattocchi feat: enable fallback to x64 in Invoke-Installer

Install cargo-dist 0.12.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -c "irm https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0/cargo-dist-installer.ps1 | iex"

Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

brew install axodotdev/homebrew-tap/cargo-dist

Download cargo-dist 0.12.0

File	Platform	Checksum
cargo-dist-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Apple Silicon macOS	checksum
cargo-dist-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Intel macOS	checksum
cargo-dist-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip	x64 Windows	checksum
cargo-dist-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	ARM64 Linux	checksum
cargo-dist-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum
cargo-dist-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz	ARM64 MUSL Linux	checksum
cargo-dist-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz	x64 MUSL Linux	checksum

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.4/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh

powershell -c "irm https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.4/cargo-dist-installer.ps1 | iex"

brew install axodotdev/homebrew-tap/cargo-dist

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh

powershell -c "irm https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.3/cargo-dist-installer.ps1 | iex"

brew install axodotdev/homebrew-tap/cargo-dist

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.2/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh

powershell -c "irm https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.2/cargo-dist-installer.ps1 | iex"

brew install axodotdev/homebrew-tap/cargo-dist

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh

powershell -c "irm https://axodotdev.artifacts.axodotdev.host/cargo-dist/v0.12.0-prerelease.1/cargo-dist-installer.ps1 | iex"

brew install axodotdev/homebrew-tap/cargo-dist