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 # cargo-semver-checks-action
-A GitHub Action for running cargo-semver-checks
+Lint your crate API changes for semver violations.
 
 By default, this action assumes that:
 - Your cargo workspace contains a single crate which contains a library target.
 - Your releases are tagged in git as `v{major}.{minor}.{patch}`, for example `v1.2.3`.
 
 Single-crate workspaces can use it as:
-```
+```yaml
 - name: Check semver
   uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v1
 - name: Publish to crates.io
   run: # your `cargo publish` code here
 ```
 
-In a workspace with more than one crate:
-- use the `crate-name` setting to specify which crate should be checked in a given run, and
-- use the `version-tag-prefix` setting to override the default prefix `v` to match the way the releases of your crate are tagged. The version number `1.2.3` will be appended to this prefix.
+## Use with a different version tag format
 
-For example, this is publishing `my-crate` whose releases are tagged as `my-crate-v1.2.3`:
+Change the `version-tag-prefix` setting to reflect the prefix used to create the version tag. The setting's default value `'v'` creates version tags like `v1.2.3`.
+
+For example, if your versions are tagged as `1.2.3`, you can set `version-tag-prefix` to be the empty string:
+```yaml
+- name: Check semver
+  uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v1
+  with:
+    version-tag-prefix: ''
+- name: Publish my-crate to crates.io
+  run: # your `cargo publish` code here
 ```
+
+## Use in workspaces with more than one crate
+
+You'll need to specify which crate should be checked, and the format used for version tags for that crate:
+- `crate-name` specifies the crate to check, and
+- `version-tag-prefix` sets the text prepended to the version number to create the git tag for that release.
+
+For example, this will check `my-crate` whose releases are tagged as `my-crate-v1.2.3`:
+```yaml
 - name: Check semver
   uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v1
   with:
@@ -28,8 +44,10 @@ For example, this is publishing `my-crate` whose releases are tagged as `my-crat
   run: # your `cargo publish` code here
 ```
 
+## Use with binary crates or crates with more than one target
+
 To check a different (non-library) target in a crate, use the `crate-target` setting:
-```
+```yaml
 - name: Check semver for my_binary
   uses: obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks-action@v1
   with: