haskell / haskell/cabal

Option to dump metadata in a machine-readable format

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type: enhancement type: user-question
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Description

**Feature request:**
Add a new command to dump metadata as JSON or any other machine-readable format.

Output could be used by tools like [upstream-ontologist](https://github.com/jelmer/upstream-ontologist). There are 3rd-party `.cabal` parsers but they're all wrong - the format is hard to parse.

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Research direction

The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing upstream-ontologist and the limitations of third-party .cabal parsers; done means a new command can dump metadata in a stable machine-readable format such as JSON.

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Assessment

Tech stack
haskell
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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