sbt/notes/1.1.0/unified-shell.markdown

Fixes with compatibility implications

Improvements

• Unifies sbt shell and build.sbt syntax. See below.

Bug fixes

Unified slash syntax for sbt shell and build.sbt

This adds unified slash syntax for both sbt shell and the build.sbt DSL. Instead of the current <project-id>/config:intask::key, this adds <project-id>/<config-ident>/intask/key where <config-ident> is the Scala identifier notation for the configurations like Compile and Test. (The old shell syntax will continue to function)

These examples work both from the shell and in build.sbt.

Global / cancelable
ThisBuild / scalaVersion
Test / test
root / Compile / compile / scalacOptions
ProjectRef(uri("file:/xxx/helloworld/"),"root")/Compile/scalacOptions
Zero / Zero / name

The inspect command now outputs something that can be copy-pasted:

> inspect compile
[info] Task: sbt.inc.Analysis
[info] Description:
[info]  Compiles sources.
[info] Provided by:
[info]  ProjectRef(uri("file:/xxx/helloworld/"),"root")/Compile/compile
[info] Defined at:
[info]  (sbt.Defaults) Defaults.scala:326
[info] Dependencies:
[info]  Compile/manipulateBytecode
[info]  Compile/incCompileSetup
....

#3434 by @eed3si9n