The build time dependency crate for generating code for the official Google Rust Protobuf implementation. The code generated by this is expected to be used in conjunction with the official [Protobuf crate](http://crates.io/crates/protobuf). This is currently a beta release: the API is subject to change, and there may be some rough edges, including missing documentation and features. # How to get a compatible version of protoc The protoc binary that you use to generate code needs to have a version that exactly matches the version of the protobuf crate you are using. More specifically, if you are using Rust protobuf `x.y.z` then you need to use protoc `y.z`. See [here](https://protobuf.dev/support/version-support/) for more details on our versioning scheme. The easiest way to get ahold of protoc is to download a prebuilt binary from the matching release [here](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases). Just make sure protoc is on your `$PATH` when you run `cargo`.