Tracking Issue for -Z remap-cwd-prefix

[ehuss]

This is a tracking issue for -Z remap-cwd-prefix which rewrites absolute paths in the current directory to the given value.

• Docs: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/unstable-book/compiler-flags/remap-cwd-prefix.html
• Implementation: Introduce -Z remap-cwd-prefix switch #87320
• Original issue: Reproducible outputs without build-environment-specific command lines #87325
• MCP: Reproducible command line + determinism compiler-team#450

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Unresolved Questions

• What is the relationship with RFC 3127?
• Will this always be defined to be the same as --remap-path-prefix=$(pwd)=VALUE? That is, what gets remapped? Debug info, backtraces, compiler macros, coverage data, etc? What will happen if RFC 3127 results in separate mapping flags?

Implementation history

• Introduce -Z remap-cwd-prefix switch #87320

[fangism]

-Zremap-cwd-prefix=. has been working well for me. We no longer see build environment paths in the strings of the resulting crates and executables.

[cristifalcas]

When will this go to stable flags?