Example of using rustc_interface to generate the HIR for a file referencing dependent crates?

https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide/blob/master/examples/rustc-driver-example.rs is a great example to get me started using rustc_interface, but I am stuck on how to point this query towards a file that references another crate. I want to use rustc to analyze a multi-crate project and build up info across all crates in the project.

I have a repo based directly on rustc-driver-example, showing my problem. See this example which attempts to produce HIR for a file which references another crate. It fails with:

thread 'rustc' panicked at 'called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: failed while formatting fluent string `metadata_cannot_find_crate`: 
message was missing
', compiler/rustc_errors/src/emitter.rs:1402:84

However I can generate a HIR for a file that does not depend on other crates.

What do I need to add to the config to make it aware of other crates?

Start with examples/rustc-driver-example.rs in the rustc-dev-guide and reproduce the failure in the linked megadep repository, especially examples/alphabeta.rs. Trace the rustc_interface configuration used for the single-crate example and compare it with the multi-crate case. Done means documenting or demonstrating the configuration needed to generate HIR when dependent crates are referenced.