Assume build.rs in the same directory as Cargo.toml is a build script (unless explicitly told not to)

src/cargo/util/toml.rs

@@ -286,12 +286,18 @@ pub struct TomlProfile {
     panic: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(RustcDecodable, Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum StringOrBool {
+    String(String),
+    Bool(bool),
+}
+
 #[derive(RustcDecodable)]
 pub struct TomlProject {
     name: String,
     version: TomlVersion,
     authors: Vec<String>,
-    build: Option<String>,
+    build: Option<StringOrBool>,
     links: Option<String>,
     exclude: Option<Vec<String>>,
     include: Option<Vec<String>>,
@@ -540,7 +546,11 @@ impl TomlManifest {
         }
 
         // processing the custom build script
-        let new_build = project.build.as_ref().map(PathBuf::from);
+        let manifest_file = util::important_paths::find_root_manifest_for_wd(None, &layout.root)
+                                 .chain_error(|| human("Could not find root manifest location"))?;
+        let base_dir = manifest_file.parent()
+                                    .ok_or(human("Could not get parent directory of manifest"))?;
+        let new_build = self.maybe_custom_build(&project.build, &base_dir);
 
         // Get targets
         let targets = normalize(&lib,
@@ -767,6 +777,23 @@ impl TomlManifest {
         }
         Ok(replace)
     }
+
+    fn maybe_custom_build(&self, build: &Option<StringOrBool>, project_dir: &Path)
+                          -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        let build_rs = project_dir.join("build.rs");
+        match *build {
+            Some(StringOrBool::Bool(false)) => None,        // explicitly no build script
+            Some(StringOrBool::Bool(true)) => Some(build_rs.into()),
+            Some(StringOrBool::String(ref s)) => Some(PathBuf::from(s)),
+            None => {
+                match fs::metadata(&build_rs) {
+                    Ok(ref e) if e.is_file() => Some(build_rs.into()),
+                    Ok(_) => None,
+                    Err(_) => None,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Will check a list of toml targets, and make sure the target names are unique within a vector.

tests/build-script.rs

@@ -2334,3 +2334,74 @@ fn switch_features_rerun() {
     assert_that(build.cargo("run").arg("-v").arg("--features=foo"),
                 execs().with_status(0).with_stdout("foo\n"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn assume_build_script_when_build_rs_present() {
+    let p = project("builder")
+        .file("Cargo.toml", r#"
+            [package]
+            name = "builder"
+            version = "0.0.1"
+            authors = []
+        "#)
+        .file("src/main.rs", r#"
+            fn main() {
+                println!(include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/output")));
+            }
+        "#)
+        .file("build.rs", r#"
+            use std::env;
+            use std::fs::File;
+            use std::io::Write;
+            use std::path::Path;
+
+            fn main() {
+                let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+                let out_dir = Path::new(&out_dir).join("output");
+                let mut f = File::create(&out_dir).unwrap();
+                f.write_all(b"foo").unwrap();
+            }
+        "#);
+    p.build();
+
+    assert_that(p.cargo("run").arg("-v"),
+                execs().with_status(0).with_stdout("foo\n"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn if_build_set_to_false_dont_tread_build_rs_as_build_script() {
+    let p = project("builder")
+        .file("Cargo.toml", r#"
+            [package]
+            name = "builder"
+            version = "0.0.1"
+            authors = []
+            build = false
+        "#)
+        .file("src/main.rs", r#"
+            use std::path::Path;
+            fn main() {
+                let f = env!("OUT_DIR");
+                assert!(
+                    ! Path::new(f).join("output").exists()
+                )
+            }
+        "#)
+        .file("build.rs", r#"
+            use std::env;
+            use std::fs::File;
+            use std::io::Write;
+            use std::path::Path;
+
+            fn main() {
+                let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+                let out_dir = Path::new(&out_dir).join("output");
+                let mut f = File::create(&out_dir).unwrap();
+                f.write_all(b"foo").unwrap();
+            }
+        "#);
+    p.build();
+
+    assert_that(p.cargo("run").arg("-v"),
+                execs().with_status(0));
+}