posh-cargo

Provides tab autocompletion of 'cargo' command on PowerShell prompt

Installation

Prerequisites

1. PowerShell 4.1.0 or higher. Check your PowerShell version by executing $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.

2. Script execution policy must be set to either RemoteSigned or Unrestricted. Check the script execution policy setting by executing Get-ExecutionPolicy. If the policy is not set to one of the two required values, run PowerShell as Administrator and execute Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Confirm.

3. Cargo must be installed and available via the PATH environment variable. Check that cargo is accessible from PowerShell by executing cargo --version from PowerShell. If cargo is not recognized as the name of a command verify that you have Rust installed. If not, install Rust from https://www.rust-lang.org. If you have Rust installed, make sure the path to cargo.exe is in your PATH environment variable.

Installing via PowerShellGet

If you are on PowerShell version 5 or higher, execute the command below to install from the PowerShell Gallery:

PowerShellGet\Install-Module posh-cargo -Scope CurrentUser -AllowClobber

You may be asked if you trust packages coming from the PowerShell Gallery. Answer yes to allow installation of this module to proceed.

If you are on PowerShell version 3 or 4, you will need to install the Package Management Preview for PowerShell 3 & 4 in order to run the command above.

Note: If you get an error message from Install-Module about NuGet being required to interact with NuGet-based repositories, execute the following commands to bootstrap the NuGet provider:

Install-PackageProvider NuGet -Force
Import-PackageProvider NuGet -Force

Then retry the Install-Module command above.

After you have successfully installed the posh-cargo module from the PowerShell Gallery, you will be able to update to a newer version by executing the command:

Update-Module posh-cargo

Usage

Open (or create) your profile script with the command notepad $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts. In the profile script, add the following line:

Import-Module posh-cargo

Save the profile script, then close PowerShell and open a new PowerShell session. Type cargo me and then press tab. If posh-cargo has been imported, that command should tab complete to cargo metadata.