Bug: sbt version not getting updated when using buildRoots #3664
Description
Reproducer: https://github.com/mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug
Point is: there a two build.properties but with different sbt versions:
project/build.properties->sbt.version=1.11.2(link)src/main/g8/project/build.properties->sbt.version=1.11.0(outdated sbt version) (link)- scala steward config with
buildRoots = [ ".", "src/main/g8" ](link)
Running scala steward against this repo does not update src/main/g8/project/build.properties:
2025-06-22 13:29:50,570 INFO
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/ ___| ___ __ _| | __ _ / ___|| |_ _____ ____ _ _ __ __| |
\___ \ / __/ _` | |/ _` | \___ \| __/ _ \ \ /\ / / _` | '__/ _` |
___) | (_| (_| | | (_| | ___) | || __/\ V V / (_| | | | (_| |
|____/ \___\__,_|_|\__,_| |____/ \__\___| \_/\_/ \__,_|_| \__,_|
v0.34.0-4-083ed690-20250613-1121-SNAPSHOT
2025-06-22 13:29:51,308 INFO Loaded 304 artifact migration(s)
2025-06-22 13:29:51,623 INFO Loaded 37 Scalafix migration(s)
2025-06-22 13:29:51,936 INFO Loaded 2 repo config(s)
2025-06-22 13:29:52,032 INFO Run self checks
2025-06-22 13:29:52,128 INFO Using git version 2.49.0
2025-06-22 13:29:52,372 INFO Using scalafix 0.14.2
2025-06-22 13:29:52,678 INFO Using scalafmt 3.9.4
2025-06-22 13:29:53,684 INFO Removing any run-specific files
2025-06-22 13:29:53,703 INFO ──────────── Steward mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main ────────────
2025-06-22 13:29:53,703 INFO Check cache of mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main
2025-06-22 13:29:54,680 INFO Clone mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug
2025-06-22 13:29:55,503 INFO Refresh cache of mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main
2025-06-22 13:29:55,562 INFO Parsed repo config {
"commits" : {
"message" : "${artifactName} ${nextVersion} (was ${currentVersion})"
},
"pullRequests" : {
"grouping" : [
{
"name" : "patches",
"title" : "Patch updates",
"filter" : [
{
"version" : "patch"
}
]
}
]
},
"buildRoots" : [
".",
"src/main/g8"
]
}
2025-06-22 13:29:55,726 INFO Get dependencies in . from sbt
2025-06-22 13:30:03,276 INFO Get dependencies in src/main/g8 from sbt
2025-06-22 13:30:11,886 INFO Find updates for mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main
2025-06-22 13:30:13,778 INFO Ignore org.scala-sbt:sbt : 1.11.2 -> 2.0.0-alpha6 -> 2.0.0-alpha7 -> ... -> 2.0.0-M2 -> 2.0.0-M3 -> 2.0.0-M4 (reason: no suitable next version)
2025-06-22 13:30:15,171 INFO Found 2 updates:
org.playframework:sbt-plugin : 3.0.6 -> 3.0.7
org.scala-lang:scala-library : 2.13.15 -> 2.13.16
2025-06-22 13:30:15,177 INFO mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main is outdated:
new version: org.playframework:sbt-plugin : 3.0.6 -> 3.0.7
new version: org.scala-lang:scala-library : 2.13.15 -> 2.13.16
2025-06-22 13:30:15,178 INFO Nurture mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main
2025-06-22 13:30:15,189 INFO Found 1 update:
patches (group) {
org.playframework:sbt-plugin : 3.0.6 -> 3.0.7
org.scala-lang:scala-library : 2.13.15 -> 2.13.16
}
2025-06-22 13:30:15,215 INFO Process update patches
2025-06-22 13:30:15,460 INFO Create branch update/main/patches
2025-06-22 13:30:15,703 INFO Push 2 commit(s)
2025-06-22 13:30:16,823 INFO Create PR update/main/patches
2025-06-22 13:30:39,397 INFO Created PR https://github.com/mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug/pull/1
2025-06-22 13:30:39,499 INFO ──────────── Total time: Steward mkurz/scala-steward-sbt-update-bug:main: 45s 795ms ────────────
2025-06-22 13:30:39,502 INFO ──────────── Total time: run: 47s 471ms ────────────
Important line is:
2025-06-22 13:30:13,778 INFO Ignore org.scala-sbt:sbt : 1.11.2 -> 2.0.0-alpha6 -> 2.0.0-alpha7 -> ... -> 2.0.0-M2 -> 2.0.0-M3 -> 2.0.0-M4 (reason: no suitable next version)
However, when I change the build roots so it only contains the g8 project, scala steward then will update src/main/g8/project/build.properties:
`buildRoots = [ "src/main/g8" ]`
So does the "main" sbt version of the "root" project overrule other sbt versions? Why is there not differentiation between the two build.properties?
Thanks!