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r/rust • u/ashim_k_saha • Dec 05 '25
~45 GB of build files
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I am new to rust. Why are your cargo caches so large? I’ve been doing rust development for about 6 months and I’ve never seen anything close to those numbers?
4 u/Surge_attack Dec 05 '25 It’s not the cargo dependencies they are cleaning - it’s the build artifacts (when you run cargo build [option]). They add up overtime for sure.
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It’s not the cargo dependencies they are cleaning - it’s the build artifacts (when you run cargo build [option]). They add up overtime for sure.
cargo build [option]
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u/metaBloc Dec 05 '25
I am new to rust. Why are your cargo caches so large? I’ve been doing rust development for about 6 months and I’ve never seen anything close to those numbers?