Improve cargo --list
output (split output into sections)
#12196
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(Related to #12114 , but the scope of that issue is bigger and this PR doesn't close it.)
What does this PR try to resolve?
cargo --list
's output is really bad. It mixes aliases, builtin commands and external commands.It would look something like this:
Finding a command is very hard in this list. That's why this PR aims to fix this list.
It groups builtin commands, external and aliases in three different sections. It also groups builtin commands with its builtin aliases.
The final output looks like this
How should we test and review this PR?
Execute
cargo run -- --list
(in the Cargo repository) and check that the output is better than before.