Support binary name regex or filter

[cavivie]

When I install nushell, I wish to install the nu plugins of the archive package at the same time. This may require regex/filter such as nu_plugin*, or may need to use other solutions that I don't know?

[NobodyXu]

I noticed that each nu-plugin is a separate crate, https://github.com/nushell/nushell/blob/main/crates/nu_plugin_polars/Cargo.toml

The most simple way to support this, is for esch of them to have a package.metadata.binstall as documented in here

cargp-binstall may download the same file multiple times though, that's something I'd like to optimize on.

[cavivie]

Let's not talk about the situation where each bin is an independent crate. I want to first consider what happens if there are multiple bins in the same crate?

Cargo.toml:

[[bin]]
name = "main1"
path = "src/main1.rs"

[[bin]]
name = "main2"
path = "src/main2.rs"

[NobodyXu]

In that case, binstall would try to install all of them.

If any binary is gated behind a feature, then binstall would ignore if it can't find it in the artifact.

In your case, the plugin seems to be in a separate crate in the workspace, instead of another binary in the same crate.

[cavivie]

In your case, the plugin seems to be in a separate crate in the workspace, instead of another binary in the same crate.

But actually, these binaries are in an archive file

[NobodyXu]

But actually, these binaries are in an archive file

Yes, in one archive file, but I checked the repository yesterday and it does have separate crates for plugins