Rust – use an upstream crate

How to import a crate from git in Rust

cargo new mkgrid --lib
❯ tree -L 2
.
├── Cargo.lock
├── Cargo.toml <--- this one
├── mkgrid
│   ├── Cargo.toml x
│   └── src
├── src
│   └── main.rs
└── target
    ├── CACHEDIR.TAG
    └── debug

5 directories, 5 files
[package]
name = "ldem"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
mkgrid = { path = "mkgrid" }
pub fn foo () {
    println!("_|_|_");
    println!("_|_|_");
    println!(" | | ");
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn it_works() {
        let result = add(2, 2);
        assert_eq!(result, 4);
    }
}
use mkgrid::foo;

fn main() {
    println!("Hello, world!");
    foo();
}
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