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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions src/bin/cargo/commands/install.rs
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Expand Up @@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ enables overwriting existing binaries. Thus you can reinstall a crate with
`cargo install --force <crate>`.

Omitting the <crate> specification entirely will install the crate in the
current directory. That is, `install` is equivalent to the more explicit
`install --path .`. This behaviour is deprecated, and no longer supported as
of the Rust 2018 edition.
current directory. This behaviour is deprecated, and it no longer works in the
Rust 2018 edition. Use the more explicit `install --path .` instead.

If the source is crates.io or `--git` then by default the crate will be built
in a temporary target directory. To avoid this, the target directory can be
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