RS.CLIPPY.CARGO_COMMON_METADATA

Common metadata is defined in `Cargo.toml`

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What it does

Checks to see if all common metadata is defined in Cargo.toml. See: https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/api-guidelines/documentation.html#cargotoml-includes-all-common-metadata-c-metadata

Why is this bad?

It will be more difficult for users to discover the purpose of the crate, and key information related to it.

Example

[package]
name = "clippy"
version = "0.0.212"
repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"
readme = "README.md"
license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
keywords = ["clippy", "lint", "plugin"]
categories = ["development-tools", "development-tools::cargo-plugins"]

Should include a description field like:

[package]
name = "clippy"
version = "0.0.212"
description = "A bunch of helpful lints to avoid common pitfalls in Rust"
repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"
readme = "README.md"
license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
keywords = ["clippy", "lint", "plugin"]
categories = ["development-tools", "development-tools::cargo-plugins"]

Configuration

cargo-ignore-publish: For internal testing only, ignores the current publish settings in the Cargo manifest.

(default: false)