If there are many package dependencies, specifying all version.xml paths can be a bit tedious for developers. Suggested improvements:
when specifying a directory instead of a file, assume the version.xml file needs to be loaded. So, -version_file ../BEASTLabs/version.xml ../ORC/version.xml and -version_file ../BEASTLabs ../ORC will be equivalent.
when an asterisk is used at the end of the -version_file argument, probe all version.xml files in subdirectory of specified directory, so -version_file /path/to/my/project/* loads all version.xml files inside the directories inside /path/to/my/project/.
provide API to be called from unit tests, so these can be run within an IDE.
If there are many package dependencies, specifying all
version.xmlpaths can be a bit tedious for developers. Suggested improvements:version.xmlfile needs to be loaded. So,-version_file ../BEASTLabs/version.xml ../ORC/version.xmland-version_file ../BEASTLabs ../ORCwill be equivalent.-version_fileargument, probe allversion.xmlfiles in subdirectory of specified directory, so-version_file /path/to/my/project/*loads allversion.xmlfiles inside the directories inside/path/to/my/project/.