.crates2.json & .crates.toml file's directory

[esdnm]

I used cargo to install xsv.

cargo install xsv

After a few lookup i found that cargo stores some metadata in .crates2.json & .crates.toml. I looked for those files and found them in $HOME.

Is $HOME the right directory for them? I thought they will be stored in $CARGO_HOME.

Output of cargo version: 1.51.0

[ehuss]

The default should be $CARGO_HOME. There are several overrides, so maybe check that any of them are not set? They are described at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-install.html

[esdnm]

I wanted cargo to store binaries in ~/bin and to do that i set install.root to my home directory.

As .crates2.json & .crates.toml are stored in home directory this tells cargo store them in install.root.

But I don't see any statements on this files and where they will be stored in https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/cargo-install.html

[ehuss]

Yea, that could definitely be made clearer. There is a brief mention in --no-track, but that is pretty obscure.