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"path": "/t/source-code-on-docs-rs-ambiguous-and-obscure/24438#post_5",
"publishedAt": "2026-07-08T15:39:49.000Z",
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"textContent": "Speaking as someone who often needs to dig into the source code of crates he didn't write, in order to deal with gaps in the documentation: I'm surprised to hear that the source code view on docs.rs _isn't_ the same thing as what I'd see if I pulled the git tree and opened it locally. That makes the source code view on docs.rs substantially less useful to me. I recognize the value of cross-referencing and whatnot but I think I would actually _trade_ that for \"the source code view matches what's in version control as of the indicated release\"!\n\n(It sounds like in practice they will only be different in unusual and/or malicious situations, but ... it's still a problem.)",
"title": "Source code on docs.rs: ambiguous and obscure"
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