Import scala-cli scripts directory as bsp module into Intellij sbt project

[Krever]

I'd like to try to accommodate following use case with scala-cli: keep some scripts alongside my main project and still be able to browse/navigate them in IntelliJ.
I wasn't able to achieve it with ammonite, so I have huge hopes for scala-cli.

I tried to accomplish it by importing a script dir as bsp module into my project. Detailed steps below:

1. Create simple script under scripts dir

mkdir -p scripts
cat <<'EOT' > scripts/script.sc
import $ivy.`com.lihaoyi::upickle:1.4.0`
import ujson._
EOT

2. run it with scala-cli scripts/script.sc
3. prepare ide support with scala-cli setup-ide scripts
4. Import the directory in Intellij with File -> New -> Module from existing sources -> select scripts dir -> select BSP import

Unfortunately, this doesn't add the upickle to the classpath and so ujson is not recognized.

I'm not familiar with BSP that much but the generated .bsp/scala-cli.json file doesn't seem to mention external dependencies in any way.

[romanowski]

I'm not familiar with BSP that much but the generated .bsp/scala-cli.json file doesn't seem to mention external dependencies in any way.

That is expected. Generated .bsp file only stores general configuration, rest is handled under the hood. I was trying it a bit and it seems that there is a combination of issues here (some come from Intellij, some come from scala-cli) that I am trying to untangle.

[Krever]

Thanks a lot. This comment from @alexarchambault seems relevant, but doesn't sound too optimistic :(
https://twitter.com/alxarchambault/status/1451303332627329033?s=20

*.sc files shouldn't work fine via BSP, with today's instructions. It's only for *.scala files.

They can be supported from Metals with a modified Metals server though, but it's not documented for now.

[Gedochao]

This seems to be working fine now in IntelliJ, closing this ticket.