explain what vend means in cargo-vendor command documentation #16365
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Existing definition is self referential and it was not clear to my what "vend" meant. Updated #Name description to provide better meanings and provide rationale why you would want vendoring (to enable offline builds) in the Description
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| cargo-vendor --- Vendor all dependencies locally | ||
| cargo-vendor --- Vendor all dependencies locally by copying their source code into your project repository. |
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Vendor is a common term in package management area that I feel like we don't need to overly explain it.
Other commands also usually don't have such a long summary.
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**Problem: Existing definition is self referential and it was not clear to my what "vend" meant.
Solution: Updated #Name to provide better explanation of what is happening, and modify Description to provide rationale why you would want vendoring (to enable offline builds) in the.
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