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source: src/cargo-deny/main.rs
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Checks a project's crate graph

Usage: check [OPTIONS] [WHICH]...

Arguments:
  [WHICH]...
          The check(s) to perform
          
          [possible values: advisories, ban, bans, license, licenses, sources, all]

Options:
  -c, --config <CONFIG>
          Path to the config to use
          
          Defaults to <cwd>/deny.toml if not specified

  -g, --graph <GRAPH>
          Path to graph_output root directory
          
          If set, a dotviz graph will be created for whenever multiple versions of the same crate are detected.
          
          Each file will be created at <dir>/graph_output/<crate_name>.dot. <dir>/graph_output/* is deleted and recreated each run.

      --hide-inclusion-graph
          Hides the inclusion graph when printing out info for a crate

  -d, --disable-fetch
          Disable fetching of the advisory database
          
          When running the `advisories` check, the configured advisory database will be fetched and opened. If this flag is passed, the database won't be fetched, but an error will occur if it doesn't already exist locally.

      --exclude-dev
          If set, excludes all dev-dependencies, not just ones for non-workspace crates

      --audit-compatible-output
          To ease transition from cargo-audit to cargo-deny, this flag will tell cargo-deny to output the exact same output as cargo-audit would, to `stdout` instead of `stderr`, just as with cargo-audit.
          
          Note that this flag only applies when the output format is JSON, and note that since cargo-deny supports multiple advisory databases, instead of a single JSON object, there will be 1 for each unique advisory database.

  -s, --show-stats
          Show stats for all the checks, regardless of the log-level

  -W, --warn <WARN>
          Set lint warnings

  -A, --allow <ALLOW>
          Set lint allowed

  -D, --deny <DENY>
          Set lint denied

      --feature-depth <FEATURE_DEPTH>
          Specifies the depth at which feature edges are added in inclusion graphs

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -V, --version
          Print version