I notice that executing cargo new my_project_name --bin/lib will generate a .gitignore file, which contains only one line /target. How can I configure cargo new so that the generated .gitignore file will contain one more line /.idea, since I use Clion+Rust plugin to write Rust codes. Or generally …

How to set a cargo new template?

steveklabnik May 2, 2020, 7:04pm 4

You can install cargo-generate from crates.io, which lets you build templates.

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