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diff --git a/crates/ra_env/Cargo.toml b/crates/ra_env/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+edition = "2018"
+name = "ra_env"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["rust-analyzer developers"]
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.26"
+dirs = "2.0"
diff --git a/crates/ra_env/src/lib.rs b/crates/ra_env/src/lib.rs
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+use anyhow::{Error, Result};
+use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+/// Return a `String` to use for the given executable.
+///
+/// E.g., `get_path_for_executable("cargo")` may return just `cargo` if that
+/// gives a valid Cargo executable; or it may return a full path to a valid
+/// Cargo.
+pub fn get_path_for_executable(executable_name: impl AsRef<str>) -> Result<String> {
+    // The current implementation checks three places for an executable to use:
+    // 1) Appropriate environment variable (erroring if this is set but not a usable executable)
+    //      example: for cargo, this checks $CARGO environment variable; for rustc, $RUSTC; etc
+    // 2) `<executable_name>`
+    //      example: for cargo, this tries just `cargo`, which will succeed if `cargo` is on the $PATH
+    // 3) `~/.cargo/bin/<executable_name>`
+    //      example: for cargo, this tries ~/.cargo/bin/cargo
+    //      It seems that this is a reasonable place to try for cargo, rustc, and rustup
+    let executable_name = executable_name.as_ref();
+    let env_var = executable_name.to_ascii_uppercase();
+    if let Ok(path) = env::var(&env_var) {
+        if is_valid_executable(&path) {
+            Ok(path)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::msg(format!("`{}` environment variable points to something that's not a valid executable", env_var)))
+        }
+    } else {
+        let final_path: Option<String> = if is_valid_executable(executable_name) {
+            Some(executable_name.to_owned())
+        } else {
+            if let Some(mut path) = dirs::home_dir() {
+                path.push(".cargo");
+                path.push("bin");
+                path.push(executable_name);
+                if is_valid_executable(&path) {
+                    Some(path.into_os_string().into_string().expect("Invalid Unicode in path"))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        };
+        final_path.ok_or(
+            // This error message may also be caused by $PATH or $CARGO/$RUSTC/etc not being set correctly
+            // for VSCode, even if they are set correctly in a terminal.
+            // On macOS in particular, launching VSCode from terminal with `code <dirname>` causes VSCode
+            // to inherit environment variables including $PATH, $CARGO, $RUSTC, etc from that terminal;
+            // but launching VSCode from Dock does not inherit environment variables from a terminal.
+            // For more discussion, see #3118.
+            Error::msg(format!("Failed to find `{}` executable. Make sure `{}` is in `$PATH`, or set `${}` to point to a valid executable.", executable_name, executable_name, env_var))
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Does the given `Path` point to a usable executable?
+///
+/// (assumes the executable takes a `--version` switch and writes to stdout,
+/// which is true for `cargo`, `rustc`, and `rustup`)
+fn is_valid_executable(p: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
+    Command::new(p.as_ref()).arg("--version").output().is_ok()
+}