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weihanglo merged 1 commit into rust-lang:master from epage:run

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src/doc/man/cargo.md

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     This program is a package manager and build tool for the Rust language,
     available at <https://rust-lang.org>.
+    _command_ may be one of:
+    - built-in commands, see below
+    - [aliases]
+    - [external tools]
+    [aliases]: ../reference/config.html#alias
+    [external tools]: ../reference/external-tools.html#custom-subcommands
     ## COMMANDS
     ### Build Commands
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src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo.txt

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            This program is a package manager and build tool for the Rust language,
            available at <https://rust-lang.org>.
+           command may be one of:
+           o  built-in commands, see below
+           o  aliases <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#alias>
+           o  external tools
+              <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/external-tools.html#custom-subcommands>
     COMMANDS
        Build Commands
            cargo-bench(1)
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src/doc/src/commands/cargo.md

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     This program is a package manager and build tool for the Rust language,
     available at <https://rust-lang.org>.
+    _command_ may be one of:
+    - built-in commands, see below
+    - [aliases]
+    - [external tools]
+    [aliases]: ../reference/config.html#alias
+    [external tools]: ../reference/external-tools.html#custom-subcommands
     ## COMMANDS
     ### Build Commands
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src/etc/man/cargo.1

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     .SH "DESCRIPTION"
     This program is a package manager and build tool for the Rust language,
     available at <https://rust\-lang.org>\&.
+    .sp
+    \fIcommand\fR may be one of:
+    .sp
+    .RS 4
+    \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'built\-in commands, see below
+    .RE
+    .sp
+    .RS 4
+    \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\fIaliases\fR <https://doc.rust\-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#alias>
+    .RE
+    .sp
+    .RS 4
+    \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\fIexternal tools\fR <https://doc.rust\-lang.org/cargo/reference/external\-tools.html#custom\-subcommands>
+    .RE
     .SH "COMMANDS"
     .SS "Build Commands"
     \fBcargo\-bench\fR(1)
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