Add example of clojure -Sdeps to Deps and CLI guide or reference

Question

Testing libraries before adding them to a deps.edn file by using -Sdeps '{...}' is a frequent recommendation, but it's only mentioned in a single line in the Reference page.

I think it would be helpful if it (and the other flags) had examples with more detail about how they're used and why. Maybe something like:

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• -Sdeps - pass the config data on the command line

For example, instead of creating a new deps.edn file to experiment with a new library, you can use -Sdeps to pass in the :deps map to clojure:

$ clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {org.clojure/core.match {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}}}'
Clojure 1.11.1
user=> (require '[clojure.core.match :refer [match]])
nil

Answer 1

The clojure site repo accepts PRs in case you feel like suggesting a concrete edit https://github.com/clojure/clojure-site/pulls

Comments

Oh good call, I'll see if I can write up something useful.