Integrate GitHub Libraries with IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I would like to integrate GitHub Scala Libraries with IntelliJ IDEA. Please guide me how to integrate libraries with this jetbrain IDE.

Answer 1

If you can come up with an sbt build file for your project that includes those libraries, all you have to do is open the project in IntelliJ IDEA - File > Open and select the directory in which the build.sbt file resides, then you will be offered to import a project from the existing sbt build file .

Your minimal project directory will be

project/build.properties

sbt.version=0.13.9

src/main/scala/mypackage

Directory where your source code goes

build.sbt

scalaVersion := "2.11.7"

// example library from Maven Central
libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang.modules" % "scala-swing_2.11" % "1.0.2"

Or, for source repository that is not published :

build.sbt

lazy val root = Project("root", file("."))
  .dependsOn(libOnGitHub)
  .settings(
    scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
  )

// example project on GitHub
lazy val libOnGitHub = 
  ProjectRef(uri("git://github.com/user/repo.git#branch"), "project-name")

(This requires that the project is built by sbt, too)