Support minus sign in project names #8168
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Previously, sbt would crash when attempting to load a build where
projects had minus signs (`-`) in their name.
For instance, when trying to load a project defined like this:
lazy val `my-project` = project
After compilation, this definition looks somewhat like this
val my$minusproject$lzy1 = ...
sbt was attempting to retrieve the original definition (without the $lzy
suffix) by taking the mangled name up to the first `$`. Unfortunately,
this approach does not work when the name includes special characters
like a minus sign, because these will be prefixed with `$` as well. In
the current example, sbt would then try to find the member named `my`,
fail, and crash.
This patch fixes the issue by using the "underlying" name, which is the
name without the additional information.
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Previously, sbt would crash when attempting to load a build where projects had minus signs (
-) in their name.For instance, when trying to load a project defined like this:
After compilation, this definition looks somewhat like this
sbt was attempting to retrieve the original definition (without the $lzy suffix) by taking the mangled name up to the first
$. Unfortunately, this approach does not work when the name includes special characters like a minus sign, because these will be prefixed with$as well. In the current example, sbt would then try to find the member namedmy, fail, and crash.This patch fixes the issue by using the "underlying" name, which is the name without the additional information.