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Dependencies

Dependencies are declared in a simple string format and automatically converted to sbt's libraryDependencies.

Format​

Dependencies use the format "organization:artifact:version":

dependencies = [
  "org.typelevel:cats-core:2.13.0",
  "io.circe:circe-core:0.14.10"
]

This is equivalent to the following sbt syntax:

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.13.0",
  "io.circe" %% "circe-core" % "0.14.10"
)

Cross-Versioning​

All dependencies use Scala cross-versioning (%%) by default. This means the Scala version suffix is automatically appended to the artifact name.

Test Dependencies​

Test dependencies are declared separately and automatically get the Test scope:

testDependencies = [
  "org.scalatest:scalatest:3.2.19",
  "org.scalatestplus:scalacheck-1-18:3.2.19.0"
]

This is equivalent to:

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.19" % Test,
  "org.scalatestplus" %% "scalacheck-1-18" % "3.2.19.0" % Test
)