Cargo.toml dependency with both git and path

[TheBiggerGuy]

I get a "Dependabot couldn't find a Cargo.toml for this project" due to a Cargo.toml dependency with both git and path properties.

Example TOML line:

google-photoslibrary1 = { git = "https://github.com/TheBiggerGuy/google-apis-rs", path = "gen/photoslibrary1", branch = "photoslibrary_str_int" }

Repo files;

• Issue: Dependabot couldn't find a Cargo.toml for this project TheBiggerGuy/photooxide#3
• Cargo.toml: https://github.com/TheBiggerGuy/photooxide/blob/1692eb98745bc09a490cbaef156732bf609ddff0/Cargo.toml

[greysteil]

Ah, interesting, I haven't seen a situation like this where you have both path and it sources. How does Cargo choose between them?

If Cargo is happy with the project then it's definitely a bug that Dependabot isn't and I'll get it sorted.

[greysteil]

This should be fixed in dependabot/dependabot-core@f1e7406. Once that's deployed I'll re-run it on your project and it should automatically close the issue.

Thanks for the bug report!

[TheBiggerGuy]

Thanks, everything seems to work fine now.

Please not there is a warning from Cargo that this is a soon to be a deprecated feature. I am unsure if you should support this if it is about to be removed.
warning: dependency (google-photoslibrary1) specification is ambiguous. Only one of `git` or `path` is allowed. This will be considered an error in future versions

From rust-lang/cargo#1462 (comment) it seems that Cargo looks throughout the whole git checkout for the name specified. I have just tested this and it seems to work.

[greysteil]

👍 - I did wonder! We'll remove support when Cargo do.