sbt-buildinfo generated object cannot be referenced
intellij-idea, sbt, sbt-buildinfo, scala
Solution
Issue solved.
Just make sure to set the `main` part of `target/scala-2.11/src_managed/main/sbt-buildinfo/BuildInfo.scala` as source in the Project structure for the particular sub-module you would like to use it for and not the whole project.
Other than that the syntax highlighting is screwed so it will show up the same way as before i.e. when it wasn't compiling. To avoid that follow the link in this that I posted in the question.
Problem
I'm using the aforementioned sbt plugin to get the version of the app I'm working on. The project has sub-modules. Here is the main `build.sbt` ``` ... lazy val abandon = (project in file(".")). aggregate(base, cli, gui). dependsOn(base, cli, gui). enablePlugins(BuildInfoPlugin). settings(commonSettings: _*). settings( name := "abandon", fork in run := true, buildInfoKeys := Seq[BuildInfoKey](name, version, scalaVersion, sbtVersion), buildInfoPackage := "co.uproot.abandon" ) lazy val base = (project in file("base")). settings(commonSettings: _*). settings( name := "abandon-base", fork in run := true ) lazy val cli = (project in file("cli")). dependsOn(base). settings(commonSettings: _*). settings( name := "abandon-cli", fork in run := true ) lazy val gui = (project in file("gui")). dependsOn(base). settings(commonSettings: _*). settings( name := "abandon-gui", fork in run := true ) ``` The generated `BuildInfo.scala` is located under `target/scala-2.11/src_managed/main/sbt-buildinfo/BuildInfo.scala` as expected. ``` package co.uproot.abandon import scala.Predef._ /** This object was generated by sbt-buildinfo. */ case object BuildInfo { /** The value is "abandon". */ val name: String = "abandon" /** The value is "0.3.1". */ val version: String = "0.3.1" /** The value is "2.11.8". */ val scalaVersion: String = "2.11.8" /** The value is "0.13.12". */ val sbtVersion: String = "0.13.12" override val toString: String = { "name: %s, version: %s, scalaVersion: %s, sbtVersion: %s" format ( name, version, scalaVersion, sbtVersion ) } } ``` When I go to a file inside the `package co.uproot.abandon` and try to reference `BuildInfo.version` I get ``` Error:(256, 42) object BuildInfo is not a member of package co.uproot.abandon co.uproot.abandon.BuildInfo.version ``` I read about the problem with submodules and this plugin here and ultimately tried this workaround but that didn't help. Any help will be appreciated!