Feature request: Run external modules directly from their ivy resource

[lefou]

Currently, to run external modules such like BSP it is necessary to modify the build.sc and add the dependency to it (ivy'group:artifact:version').

It would be cool, if we could run them directly from the command line, without the need to modify the build.sc.

[lihaoyi]

yeah that would be pretty cool, not sure how it would look but we could probably make it work somehow

[lefou]

Isn't it almost the same as simulating a custom predef or some code (-c) directly?

mill ivy com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bsp:_ mill.contrib.BSP/install

The underscore _ could be a placeholder for the exact mill version. Or just leave it out, when version should be identical to mills version.

[lihaoyi]

@lefou we can close this one right?

[lefou]

Oh yeah. Implemented by #1526.

[lefou]

Isn't it almost the same as simulating a custom predef or some code (-c) directly?

mill ivy com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bsp:_ mill.contrib.BSP/install

The underscore _ could be a placeholder for the exact mill version. Or just leave it out, when version should be identical to mills version.

Beside the fact, that the BSP contrib module no longer exists (it's built-in now), with mill 0.10.0-M4, it would look like this:

mill --import ivy:com.lihaoyi::mill-contrib-bsp: mill.contrib.BSP/install

See also https://com-lihaoyi.github.io/mill/mill/Contrib_Plugins.html#_bloop