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mess #

Simple, file-based dependency management with git and local overrides.

Installation #

Download the latest version of the mess script into your project repo:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commonspub/mess/main/mess.exs

Add this line to top the top of your mix.exs:

Code.eval_file("mess.exs")

Where you would normally return a list of dependencies, just call
Mess.deps/1, passing any override dependencies:

defp deps do
  Mess.deps []
end

Configuration #

By default, mess will consult three files:

deps.path
deps.git
deps.hex

These files use a simple key="value" format. Keys are package names
and values are hex version specs, paths or git urls. It's pretty
forgiving about whitespace, but you do need to provide the quotes. You
can add comments with #.

deps.git is treated slightly specially, in that the values may
suffix # and the name of a branch.

Otherwise these are all merged together, with dependencies in earlier
files taking precedence over dependencies in later files. The provided
overrides take precedence over all file data.

There isn't currently a way to provide custom options (such as
only:) - use overrides.

Copyright and License #

This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.