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+# docker-rust-cross
+
+forked from https://github.com/etrombly/rust-crosscompile
+
+adds git (anything else?)
+
+## usage
+
+```fish
+docker pull synthruiner/rust-cross
+cd /path/to/your/project
+docker create -v (pwd):/home/rust/src --name YOURPROJECTNAME-build synthruiner/rust-cross
+docker start YOURPROJECTNAME-build -ai
+```