diff --git a/contrib/rust-analyzer/template.py b/contrib/rust-analyzer/template.py
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+pkgname = "rust-analyzer"
+pkgver = "2023.08.14"
+pkgrel = 0
+build_style = "cargo"
+hostmakedepends = ["cargo"]
+makedepends = ["rust"]
+pkgdesc = "Rust compiler LSP server"
+maintainer = "psykose <alice@ayaya.dev>"
+license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer"
+source = f"{url}/archive/refs/tags/{pkgver.replace('.', '-')}.tar.gz"
+sha256 = "3fa6d28ece1f8952c29a375aab41e50502d20c8a9c0c5f1e44a9576d8f635224"
+# invokes rustfmt via rustup arg, also take longer to build than the actual
+# build..
+options = ["!check"]
+
+
+def do_install(self):
+    self.cargo.install(wrksrc="crates/rust-analyzer")
+    self.install_license("LICENSE-MIT")
diff --git a/contrib/rust-analyzer/update.py b/contrib/rust-analyzer/update.py
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+url = "https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/git/refs/tags"
+pattern = r"refs/tags/(\d+\-\d+\-\d+)"
+ignore = ["nightly"]