From 4574d8751a63500faed7dc4407aa0514cc5d59eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Hamlet <git@ortham.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:19:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Specify the minimum supported Rust version

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Cargo.toml               |  2 ++
 README.md                |  4 ++++
 cpp/Cargo.toml           |  1 +
 cpp/README.md            |  4 ++++
 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c2c2cd5..b8363bca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,38 @@ jobs:
         cargo vet --version
         cargo vet --locked
 
+  msrv:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - windows-2025
+          - ubuntu-24.04
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    env:
+      EXPECTED_MSRV: "1.89"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@v5
+        id: cache-cargo
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/bin/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            target/
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-msrv-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust v${{ env.EXPECTED_MSRV }}
+        run: rustup install ${{ env.EXPECTED_MSRV }}
+
+      - name: Run cargo build using Rust v${{ env.EXPECTED_MSRV }}
+        run: cargo +${{ env.EXPECTED_MSRV }} build --package libloot --package libloot-cpp
+
   rust:
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62408bb1..402b3f24 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 crc32fast = "1"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/loot/libloot.git"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 categories = ["games"]
+rust-version = "1.89"
 
 # Deny some rustc lints that are allow-by-default.
 [workspace.lints.rust]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bc70e74..bd708f1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,3 +86,7 @@ The tests can then be run using:
 ```
 cargo test
 ```
+
+## Minimum supported Rust version
+
+The minimum supported Rust version is `1.89`. This may change at any time, but there is a CI job to check that it does not change unexpectedly.
diff --git a/cpp/Cargo.toml b/cpp/Cargo.toml
index 33619803..44ed3156 100644
--- a/cpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 cxx = { version = "1.0.192", features = ["c++17"] }
diff --git a/cpp/README.md b/cpp/README.md
index 697fb481..df39bfaf 100644
--- a/cpp/README.md
+++ b/cpp/README.md
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ To package the build:
 ```
 cpack --config build/CPackConfig.cmake -C RelWithDebInfo
 ```
+
+## Minimum supported Rust version
+
+The minimum supported Rust version is `1.89`. This may change at any time, but there is a CI job to check that it does not change unexpectedly.