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29 changes: 15 additions & 14 deletions src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md
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Expand Up @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Each new feature described below should explain how to use it.
* [gc](#gc) --- Global cache garbage collection.
* [open-namespaces](#open-namespaces) --- Allow multiple packages to participate in the same API namespace
* [panic-immediate-abort](#panic-immediate-abort) --- Passes `-Cpanic=immediate-abort` to the compiler.
* [compile-time-deps](#compile-time-deps) --- Perma-unstable feature for rust-analyzer
* rustdoc
* [rustdoc-map](#rustdoc-map) --- Provides mappings for documentation to link to external sites like [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/).
* [scrape-examples](#scrape-examples) --- Shows examples within documentation.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2033,6 +2034,20 @@ Enables the new build-dir filesystem layout.
This layout change unblocks work towards caching and locking improvements.


## compile-time-deps

This permanently-unstable flag to only build proc-macros and build scripts (and their required dependencies),
as well as run the build scripts.

It is intended for use by tools like rust-analyzer and will never be stabilized.

Example:

```console
cargo +nightly build --compile-time-deps -Z unstable-options
cargo +nightly check --compile-time-deps --all-targets -Z unstable-options
```

# Stabilized and removed features

## Compile progress
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2299,20 +2314,6 @@ Doctest cross-compiling is now unconditionally enabled starting in Rust 1.89. Ru

Multi-package publishing has been stabilized in Rust 1.90.0.

## compile-time-deps

This permanently-unstable flag to only build proc-macros and build scripts (and their required dependencies),
as well as run the build scripts.

It is intended for use by tools like rust-analyzer and will never be stabilized.

Example:

```console
cargo +nightly build --compile-time-deps -Z unstable-options
cargo +nightly check --compile-time-deps --all-targets -Z unstable-options
```

## build-dir

Support for `build.build-dir` was stabilized in the 1.91 release.
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