cargo-tree(1)

NAME

cargo-tree — Display a tree visualization of a dependency graph

DESCRIPTION

This command will display a tree of dependencies to the terminal. An example of a simple project that depends on the “rand” package:

myproject v0.1.0 (/myproject)
└── rand v0.7.3
    ├── getrandom v0.1.14
    │   ├── cfg-if v0.1.10
    │   └── libc v0.2.68
    ├── libc v0.2.68 (*)
    ├── rand_chacha v0.2.2
    │   ├── ppv-lite86 v0.2.6
    │   └── rand_core v0.5.1
    │       └── getrandom v0.1.14 (*)
    └── rand_core v0.5.1 (*)
[build-dependencies]
└── cc v1.0.50

Packages marked with (*) have been “de-duplicated”. The dependencies for the package have already been shown elsewhere in the graph, and so are not repeated. Use the --no-dedupe option to repeat the duplicates.

The -e flag can be used to select the dependency kinds to display. The “features” kind changes the output to display the features enabled by each dependency. For example, cargo tree -e features:

myproject v0.1.0 (/myproject)
└── log feature "serde"
    └── log v0.4.8
        ├── serde v1.0.106
        └── cfg-if feature "default"
            └── cfg-if v0.1.10

In this tree, myproject depends on log with the serde feature. log in turn depends on cfg-if with “default” features. When using -e features it can be helpful to use -i flag to show how the features flow into a package. See the examples below for more detail.

Feature Unification

This command shows a graph much closer to a feature-unified graph Cargo will build, rather than what you list in Cargo.toml. For instance, if you specify the same dependency in both [dependencies] and [dev-dependencies] but with different features on. This command may merge all features and show a (*) on one of the dependency to indicate the duplicate.

As a result, for a mostly equivalent overview of what cargo build does, cargo tree -e normal,build is pretty close; for a mostly equivalent overview of what cargo test does, cargo tree is pretty close. However, it doesn’t guarantee the exact equivalence to what Cargo is going to build, since a compilation is complex and depends on lots of different factors.

To learn more about feature unification, check out this dedicated section.

OPTIONS

Tree Options

-i spec

--invert spec

Show the reverse dependencies for the given package. This flag will invert the tree and display the packages that depend on the given package.

Note that in a workspace, by default it will only display the package’s reverse dependencies inside the tree of the workspace member in the current directory. The --workspace flag can be used to extend it so that it will show the package’s reverse dependencies across the entire workspace. The -p flag can be used to display the package’s reverse dependencies only with the subtree of the package given to -p.

--prune spec

Prune the given package from the display of the dependency tree.

--depth depth

Maximum display depth of the dependency tree. A depth of 1 displays the direct dependencies, for example.

--no-dedupe

Do not de-duplicate repeated dependencies. Usually, when a package has already displayed its dependencies, further occurrences will not re-display its dependencies, and will include a (*) to indicate it has already been shown. This flag will cause those duplicates to be repeated.

-d

--duplicates

Show only dependencies which come in multiple versions (implies --invert). When used with the -p flag, only shows duplicates within the subtree of the given package.

It can be beneficial for build times and executable sizes to avoid building that same package multiple times. This flag can help identify the offending packages. You can then investigate if the package that depends on the duplicate with the older version can be updated to the newer version so that only one instance is built.

-e kinds

--edges kinds

The dependency kinds to display. Takes a comma separated list of values:

all — Show all edge kinds.
normal — Show normal dependencies.
build — Show build dependencies.
dev — Show development dependencies.
features — Show features enabled by each dependency. If this is the only kind given, then it will automatically include the other dependency kinds.
no-normal — Do not include normal dependencies.
no-build — Do not include build dependencies.
no-dev — Do not include development dependencies.
no-proc-macro — Do not include procedural macro dependencies.

The normal, build, dev, and all dependency kinds cannot be mixed with no-normal, no-build, or no-dev dependency kinds.

The default is normal,build,dev.

--target triple

Filter dependencies matching the given target triple. The default is the host platform. Use the value all to include all targets.

Tree Formatting Options

--charset charset

Chooses the character set to use for the tree. Valid values are “utf8” or “ascii”. When unspecified, cargo will auto-select a value.

-f format

--format format

Set the format string for each package. The default is “{p}”.

This is an arbitrary string which will be used to display each package. The following strings will be replaced with the corresponding value:

{p} — The package name.
{l} — The package license.
{r} — The package repository URL.
{f} — Comma-separated list of package features that are enabled.
{lib} — The name, as used in a use statement, of the package’s library.

--prefix prefix

Sets how each line is displayed. The prefix value can be one of:

indent (default) — Shows each line indented as a tree.
depth — Show as a list, with the numeric depth printed before each entry.
none — Show as a flat list.

Package Selection

By default, when no package selection options are given, the packages selected depend on the selected manifest file (based on the current working directory if --manifest-path is not given). If the manifest is the root of a workspace then the workspaces default members are selected, otherwise only the package defined by the manifest will be selected.

The default members of a workspace can be set explicitly with the workspace.default-members key in the root manifest. If this is not set, a virtual workspace will include all workspace members (equivalent to passing --workspace), and a non-virtual workspace will include only the root crate itself.

-p spec…
--package spec…: Display only the specified packages. See cargo-pkgid(1) for the SPEC format. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns like *, ? and []. However, to avoid your shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must use single quotes or double quotes around each pattern.
--workspace: Display all members in the workspace.
--exclude SPEC…: Exclude the specified packages. Must be used in conjunction with the --workspace flag. This flag may be specified multiple times and supports common Unix glob patterns like *, ? and []. However, to avoid your shell accidentally expanding glob patterns before Cargo handles them, you must use single quotes or double quotes around each pattern.

Manifest Options

--manifest-path path

Path to the Cargo.toml file. By default, Cargo searches for the Cargo.toml file in the current directory or any parent directory.

--locked

Asserts that the exact same dependencies and versions are used as when the existing Cargo.lock file was originally generated. Cargo will exit with an error when either of the following scenarios arises:

The lock file is missing.
Cargo attempted to change the lock file due to a different dependency resolution.

It may be used in environments where deterministic builds are desired, such as in CI pipelines.

--offline

Prevents Cargo from accessing the network for any reason. Without this flag, Cargo will stop with an error if it needs to access the network and the network is not available. With this flag, Cargo will attempt to proceed without the network if possible.

Beware that this may result in different dependency resolution than online mode. Cargo will restrict itself to crates that are downloaded locally, even if there might be a newer version as indicated in the local copy of the index. See the cargo-fetch(1) command to download dependencies before going offline.

May also be specified with the net.offline config value.

--frozen

Equivalent to specifying both --locked and --offline.

--lockfile-path PATH

Changes the path of the lockfile from the default (<workspace_root>/Cargo.lock) to PATH. PATH must end with Cargo.lock (e.g. --lockfile-path /tmp/temporary-lockfile/Cargo.lock). Note that providing --lockfile-path will ignore existing lockfile at the default path, and instead will either use the lockfile from PATH, or write a new lockfile into the provided PATH if it doesn’t exist. This flag can be used to run most commands in read-only directories, writing lockfile into the provided PATH.

This option is only available on the nightly channel and requires the -Z unstable-options flag to enable (see #14421).

Feature Selection

The feature flags allow you to control which features are enabled. When no feature options are given, the default feature is activated for every selected package.

See the features documentation for more details.

-F features
--features features: Space or comma separated list of features to activate. Features of workspace members may be enabled with package-name/feature-name syntax. This flag may be specified multiple times, which enables all specified features.
--all-features: Activate all available features of all selected packages.
--no-default-features: Do not activate the default feature of the selected packages.

Display Options

-v

--verbose

Use verbose output. May be specified twice for “very verbose” output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output. May also be specified with the term.verbose config value.

-q

--quiet

Do not print cargo log messages. May also be specified with the term.quiet config value.

--color when

Control when colored output is used. Valid values:

auto (default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.
always: Always display colors.
never: Never display colors.

May also be specified with the term.color config value.

Common Options

+toolchain

If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to cargo begins with +, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as +stable or +nightly). See the rustup documentation for more information about how toolchain overrides work.

--config KEY=VALUE or PATH

Overrides a Cargo configuration value. The argument should be in TOML syntax of KEY=VALUE, or provided as a path to an extra configuration file. This flag may be specified multiple times. See the command-line overrides section for more information.

-C PATH

Changes the current working directory before executing any specified operations. This affects things like where cargo looks by default for the project manifest (Cargo.toml), as well as the directories searched for discovering .cargo/config.toml, for example. This option must appear before the command name, for example cargo -C path/to/my-project build.

This option is only available on the nightly channel and requires the -Z unstable-options flag to enable (see #10098).

-h

--help

Prints help information.

-Z flag

Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z help for details.

ENVIRONMENT

See the reference for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.

EXIT STATUS

0: Cargo succeeded.
101: Cargo failed to complete.

EXAMPLES

Display the tree for the package in the current directory:
```
cargo tree
```
Display all the packages that depend on the syn package:
```
cargo tree -i syn
```
Show the features enabled on each package:
```
cargo tree --format "{p} {f}"
```
Show all packages that are built multiple times. This can happen if multiple semver-incompatible versions appear in the tree (like 1.0.0 and 2.0.0).
```
cargo tree -d
```

Explain why features are enabled for the syn package:

cargo tree -e features -i syn

The -e features flag is used to show features. The -i flag is used to invert the graph so that it displays the packages that depend on syn. An example of what this would display:

syn v1.0.17
├── syn feature "clone-impls"
│   └── syn feature "default"
│       └── rustversion v1.0.2
│           └── rustversion feature "default"
│               └── myproject v0.1.0 (/myproject)
│                   └── myproject feature "default" (command-line)
├── syn feature "default" (*)
├── syn feature "derive"
│   └── syn feature "default" (*)
├── syn feature "full"
│   └── rustversion v1.0.2 (*)
├── syn feature "parsing"
│   └── syn feature "default" (*)
├── syn feature "printing"
│   └── syn feature "default" (*)
├── syn feature "proc-macro"
│   └── syn feature "default" (*)
└── syn feature "quote"
    ├── syn feature "printing" (*)
    └── syn feature "proc-macro" (*)

To read this graph, you can follow the chain for each feature from the root to see why it is included. For example, the “full” feature is added by the rustversion crate which is included from myproject (with the default features), and myproject is the package selected on the command-line. All of the other syn features are added by the “default” feature (“quote” is added by “printing” and “proc-macro”, both of which are default features).

If you’re having difficulty cross-referencing the de-duplicated (*) entries, try with the --no-dedupe flag to get the full output.

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