For first-time cargo release builds that one prefers to have symlinked rather than copied

cargo-ln

#!/usr/bin/env bash

SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )

# SYMLINK_DIR=

if [ "$( env | grep -Ec "^SYMLINK_DIR=" )" -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "SYMLINK_DIR is not set"
  echo "Defaulting to $SCRIPT_DIR"
  SYMLINK_DIR=$SCRIPT_DIR
else
  SYMLINK_DIR=$( env | grep -E "^SYMLINK_DIR=" | cut -d "=" -f 2 )
fi

$SCRIPT_DIR/cargo build --workspace --release

CARGO_EXIT_CODE=$?

if [ $CARGO_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $CARGO_EXIT_CODE
fi

for file in target/release/*; do
  if [[ -x "$file" && ! -d "$file" ]]; then
    echo "ln -s $PWD/$file $SYMLINK_DIR/$(basename $file)"
  fi
done

To use, copy this script to your cargo bin directory and ensure it is executable