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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/doc/src/guide/cargo-home.md
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Expand Up @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ The Cargo home consists of following components:
* `credentials.toml`
Private login credentials from [`cargo login`] in order to log in to a [registry][def-registry].

* `.crates.toml`
This hidden file contains [package][def-package] information of crates installed via [`cargo install`]. Do NOT edit by hand!
* `.crates.toml`, `.crates2.json`
These hidden files contain [package][def-package] information of crates installed via [`cargo install`]. Do NOT edit by hand!

## Directories:

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/doc/src/reference/config.md
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Expand Up @@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ The `[install]` table defines defaults for the [`cargo install`] command.
Sets the path to the root directory for installing executables for [`cargo
install`]. Executables go into a `bin` directory underneath the root.

To track information of installed executables, some extra files, such as
`.crates.toml` and `.crates2.json`, would also be created under this root.

The default if not specified is Cargo's home directory (default `.cargo` in
your home directory).

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