feature request: lake should look for `lakefile.lean` in parent directories
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Lake
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Description
If lake can not find a lakefile.lean, it should walk up directory parents looking for one before giving up.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the lake command's handling for a missing lakefile.lean and check how it currently determines the search directory. The work is done when lake walks through parent directories before reporting that no lakefile.lean was found; verify the behavior with the project's existing tests or command-line checks.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100