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As of rust-lang/cargo#10245 `--timings` has been stabilized.
Update profiling.md to reflect this.

Co-authored-by: devil-ira <[email protected]>
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Install [cargo-flamegraph](https://github.com/killercup/cargo-flamegraph), [enable debug symbols in your release build](https://github.com/killercup/cargo-flamegraph#improving-output-when-running-with---release), then run your app using one of the following commands. Note that `cargo-flamegraph` forwards arguments to cargo. You should treat the `cargo-flamegraph` command as a replacement for `cargo run --release`. The commands below include `--example EXAMPLE_NAME` to illustrate, but you can remove those arguments in favor of whatever you use to run your app:

* Graph-Like Flame Graph: ```RUSTFLAGS='-C force-frame-pointers=y' cargo flamegraph -c "record -g" --example EXAMPLE_NAME```
* Flat-ish Flame Graph: ```RUSTFLAGS='-C force-frame-pointers=y' cargo flamegraph --example EXAMPLE_NAME```
* Graph-Like Flame Graph: `RUSTFLAGS='-C force-frame-pointers=y' cargo flamegraph -c "record -g" --example EXAMPLE_NAME`
* Flat-ish Flame Graph: `RUSTFLAGS='-C force-frame-pointers=y' cargo flamegraph --example EXAMPLE_NAME`

After closing your app, an interactive `svg` file will be produced:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2694663/141657609-0089675d-fb6a-4dc4-9a59-871e95e31c8a.png)

## Project Compile Times

This requires nightly rust (`rustup default nightly`). Append ```-Ztimings``` to your app's cargo command (ex: `cargo build -Ztimings`). If you want a "full" profile, make sure you run `cargo clean` first. Open the produced `cargo-timing.html` file in your browser of choice. This will show how much time each crate in your app's dependency tree took to build.
Append `--timings` to your app's cargo command (ex: `cargo build --timings`).
If you want a "full" profile, make sure you run `cargo clean` first (note: this will clear previously generated reports).
The command will tell you where it saved the report, which will be in your target directory under `cargo-timings/`.
The report is a `.html` file and can be opened and viewed in your browser.
This will show how much time each crate in your app's dependency tree took to build.

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2694663/141657811-f4e15e3b-c9fc-491b-9313-236fd8c01288.png)

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