### Updating remote VCS project dependencies sbt now supports automatic updating of remote VCS project dependencies (Git, Mercurial, Subversion) via a configurable update strategy. By default the strategy is `Manual` — remote projects are never updated automatically during `update`. To change this, set `repositoryUpdateStrategy` per dependency: ```scala lazy val dep = RootProject(uri("git:file:///path/to/repo")) lazy val root = project.dependsOn(dep).settings( // Pull latest on every `update`: dep / repositoryUpdateStrategy := RepositoryUpdateStrategy.Always, // Or pull at most once per hour: dep / repositoryUpdateStrategy := RepositoryUpdateStrategy.Every(1.hour), ) ``` When changes are detected, sbt will warn that a `reload` is needed to pick up the new sources. The `updateRemoteProjects` command force-updates all remote VCS dependencies regardless of strategy and automatically reloads the build.