From 8053774ba38827352d0bbc2e343b66496472d91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Huss <eric@huss.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:24:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix `Config.set` working with the `rust` table

---
 crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs b/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
index 9ab564c2..36e586a6 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/mdbook-core/src/config.rs
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ impl Config {
             self.book.update_value(key, value);
         } else if let Some(key) = index.strip_prefix("build.") {
             self.build.update_value(key, value);
+        } else if let Some(key) = index.strip_prefix("rust.") {
+            self.rust.update_value(key, value);
         } else {
             self.rest.insert(index, value);
         }
@@ -1111,6 +1113,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(got, value);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn set_special_tables() {
+        let mut cfg = Config::default();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.book.title, None);
+        cfg.set("book.title", "my title").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.book.title, Some("my title".to_string()));
+
+        assert_eq!(&cfg.build.build_dir, Path::new("book"));
+        cfg.set("build.build-dir", "some-directory").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&cfg.build.build_dir, Path::new("some-directory"));
+
+        assert_eq!(cfg.rust.edition, None);
+        cfg.set("rust.edition", "2024").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.rust.edition, Some(RustEdition::E2024));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_env_vars() {
         let inputs = vec![