Problem

Despite the [workspace.package] not mentioning it, you can specify workspace.package.badges to inherit badges (note its not package.badges

Problems

• This feature is undocumented
• We should be inheriting from workspace.badges, not workspace.package.badges
• cargo new will automatically add a package.badges.workspace = true

Steps

Create the following workspace:

[workspace]
members = ["child"]
resolver = "2"

[workspace.package.badges]
maintenance = { status = "actively-maintained" }

Run:

$ cargo new child
$ cat child/Cargo.toml  # see `package.badges.workspace = true`
$ cargo package -p child
$ cat target/package/child-0.1.0/Cargo.toml  # see `badges` table

Possible Solution(s)

Maybe we break this as no one likely knows this exists?

For example, even looking at packages that try to implement Cargo.toml support

• cargo_toml doesn't acknowledge this
  • See their inheritable workspace.package fields: https://docs.rs/cargo_toml/0.19.2/cargo_toml/struct.Manifest.html
  • See their badges field: https://docs.rs/cargo_toml/0.19.2/cargo_toml/struct.Manifest.html
• cargo_manifest doesn't acknowledge this
  • See their inheritable workspace.package fields: https://docs.rs/cargo-manifest/0.13.0/cargo_manifest/struct.WorkspacePackage.html
  • See their badges field: https://docs.rs/cargo-manifest/0.13.0/cargo_manifest/struct.Manifest.html

Notes

Note: I'm in the middle of a big refactor: please don't touch this yet

Version

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