haskell / haskell/cabal

Add a `cabal vendor` command

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type: enhancement
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Description

**Describe the feature request**
Add a `cabal vendor` command that vendors dependencies automatically.

**Additional context**
From a question on how to do automatic vendoring with cabal, #10934.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reading this feature request together with the related question in #10934 to understand the automatic vendoring use case. Identify the cabal-install command entry point and dependency-vendoring behavior involved; done means a `cabal vendor` command can automatically vendor dependencies as requested.

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Assessment

Tech stack
haskell
Domain
cli, devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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