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+# Quick Start
+
+You can add corrosion to your project via the `FetchContent` CMake module or one of the other methods
+described in the [Setup chapter](setup_corrosion.md).
+Afterwards you can import Rust targets defined in a `Cargo.toml` manifest file by using
+`corrosion_import_crate`. This will add CMake targets with names matching the crate names defined
+in the Cargo.toml manifest. These targets can then subsequently be used, e.g. to link the imported
+target into a regular C/C++ target.
+
+The example below shows how to add Corrosion to your project via `FetchContent`
+and how to import a rust library and link it into a regular C/C++ CMake target.
+
+```cmake
+include(FetchContent)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+    Corrosion
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/corrosion-rs/corrosion.git
+    GIT_TAG v0.5 # Optionally specify a commit hash, version tag or branch here
+)
+# Set any global configuration variables such as `Rust_TOOLCHAIN` before this line!
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Corrosion)
+
+# Import targets defined in a package or workspace manifest `Cargo.toml` file
+corrosion_import_crate(MANIFEST_PATH rust-lib/Cargo.toml)
+
+add_executable(your_cool_cpp_bin main.cpp)
+
+# In this example the the `Cargo.toml` file passed to `corrosion_import_crate` is assumed to have
+# defined a static (`staticlib`) or shared (`cdylib`) rust library with the name "rust-lib".
+# A target with the same name is now available in CMake and you can use it to link the rust library into
+# your C/C++ CMake target(s).
+target_link_libraries(your_cool_cpp_bin PUBLIC rust-lib)
+```
+
+Please see the [Usage chapter](usage.md) for a complete discussion of possible configuration options.