Alias for check

[ordovicia]

How about adding cargo c alias for cargo check?

I believe that one of the most frequently used subcommands is check.
Adding this alias would save much time.

Currently, there are three aliases: b for build, r for run, and t for test.
I think that adding c alias would cover most of the use cases.

One problem I have come up with is that the clean subcommand also starts with the letter c.
But I believe that running check subcommand by mistake would not hurt developers so much.

I would like to prepare a PR for this change.

[ehuss]

You can define your own aliases in ~/.cargo/config. They are briefly mentioned at the bottom of this page: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/config.html#configuration-keys

This is the alias that I personally use:

[alias]
c = ["check", "--all-targets"]

[ordovicia]

I did not know the configuration. Thank you!

Still, I personally want the out-of-the-box c alias for check because the subcommand is frequently used.
I want to know how people feel about this addition.

[dwijnand]

I would argue it warrants equal status in the single-char alias club. I'd say send the PR and let's see 🙂