cargoDoc: do not install cargo artifacts by default

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
   `Cargo.lock` is exactly what is expected (without implicit changes at build
   time) but this may end up rejecting builds which were previously passing. To
   get the old behavior back, set `cargoExtraArgs = "";`
-* Fixed a bug when testing proc macro crates with `cargoNextest` on macO. ([#376](https://github.com/ipetkov/crane/pull/376))
+* **Breaking**: `cargoDoc` will no longer install cargo artifacts by default.
+  Set `doInstallCargoArtifacts = true;` to get the old behavior back.
+* `cargoDoc` will now install generated documentation in `$out/share/doc`
+* Fixed a bug when testing proc macro crates with `cargoNextest` on macOS.
+  ([#376](https://github.com/ipetkov/crane/pull/376))
 
 ## [0.13.1] - 2023-08-22
 

docs/API.md

@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ Except where noted below, all derivation attributes are delegated to
   - `CARGO_PROFILE` can be set on the derivation to alter which cargo profile
     is selected; setting it to `""` will omit specifying a profile
     altogether.
+* `doInstallCargoArtifacts` will default to `false` if not specified
 * `pnameSuffix` will be set to `"-doc"`
 
 #### Required attributes

lib/cargoDoc.nix

@@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ mkCargoDerivation (args // {
   pnameSuffix = "-doc";
 
   buildPhaseCargoCommand = "cargoWithProfile doc ${cargoExtraArgs} ${cargoDocExtraArgs}";
+
+  doInstallCargoArtifacts = args.doInstallCargoArtifacts or false;
+
+  # NB: cargo always places docs at the root of the target directory
+  # even when building in release mode
+  installPhaseCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    mv "''${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-target}/doc" $out/share
+  '';
 })