| The build time dependency crate for generating code for the official Google Rust |
| Protobuf implementation. |
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| The code generated by this is expected to be used in conjunction with the |
| official [Protobuf crate](http://crates.io/crates/protobuf) or [Google Protobuf crate](http://crates.io/crates/google-protobuf). |
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| This is currently a beta release: the API is subject to change, |
| and there may be some rough edges, including missing documentation and features. |
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| This crate is a shallow wrapper around the `protobuf_codegen` crate that it reexports. |
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| # How to get a compatible version of protoc |
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| The protoc binary that you use to generate code needs to have a version that |
| exactly matches the version of the protobuf crate you are using. More |
| specifically, if you are using Rust protobuf `x.y.z` then you need to use protoc |
| `y.z`. See [here](https://protobuf.dev/support/version-support/) for more |
| details on our versioning scheme. |
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| The easiest way to get ahold of protoc is to download a prebuilt binary from the |
| matching release [here](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases). |
| Just make sure protoc is on your `$PATH` when you run `cargo`. |
