3 files changed, 19 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ide/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide/src/lib.rs
index 34360501a..db08547d1 100644
--- a/crates/ide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide/src/lib.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ impl Analysis {
         self.with_db(|db| view_hir::view_hir(&db, position))
     }
 
+    /// Renders the crate graph to GraphViz "dot" syntax.
     pub fn view_crate_graph(&self) -> Cancelable<Result<String, String>> {
         self.with_db(|db| view_crate_graph::view_crate_graph(&db))
     }
diff --git a/crates/ide/src/view_crate_graph.rs b/crates/ide/src/view_crate_graph.rs
index 5e4ba881e..df6cc8aed 100644
--- a/crates/ide/src/view_crate_graph.rs
+++ b/crates/ide/src/view_crate_graph.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    error::Error,
-    io::{Read, Write},
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
-    sync::Arc,
-};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use dot::{Id, LabelText};
 use ide_db::{
@@ -38,23 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) fn view_crate_graph(db: &RootDatabase) -> Result<String, String> {
 
     let mut dot = Vec::new();
     dot::render(&graph, &mut dot).unwrap();
-
-    render_svg(&dot).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
-}
-
-fn render_svg(dot: &[u8]) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    // We shell out to `dot` to render to SVG, as there does not seem to be a pure-Rust renderer.
-    let child = Command::new("dot")
-        .arg("-Tsvg")
-        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
-        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn()
-        .map_err(|err| format!("failed to spawn `dot`: {}", err))?;
-    child.stdin.unwrap().write_all(&dot)?;
-
-    let mut svg = String::new();
-    child.stdout.unwrap().read_to_string(&mut svg)?;
-    Ok(svg)
+    Ok(String::from_utf8(dot).unwrap())
 }
 
 struct DotCrateGraph {
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
index dafbab6d0..551013aa9 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/handlers.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 //! `ide` crate.
 
 use std::{
-    io::Write as _,
-    process::{self, Stdio},
+    io::{Read, Write as _},
+    process::{self, Command, Stdio},
 };
 
 use ide::{
@@ -119,8 +119,20 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_view_hir(
 
 pub(crate) fn handle_view_crate_graph(snap: GlobalStateSnapshot, (): ()) -> Result<String> {
     let _p = profile::span("handle_view_crate_graph");
-    let res = snap.analysis.view_crate_graph()??;
-    Ok(res)
+    let dot = snap.analysis.view_crate_graph()??;
+
+    // We shell out to `dot` to render to SVG, as there does not seem to be a pure-Rust renderer.
+    let child = Command::new("dot")
+        .arg("-Tsvg")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|err| format!("failed to spawn `dot`: {}", err))?;
+    child.stdin.unwrap().write_all(dot.as_bytes())?;
+
+    let mut svg = String::new();
+    child.stdout.unwrap().read_to_string(&mut svg)?;
+    Ok(svg)
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn handle_expand_macro(