i just realized that my prepl task isn't necessary after all. boot has a more general built-in task that can start a prepl server

to start a prepl server, run:

boot socket-server -a clojure.core.server/io-prepl wait

simplified prepl-server task 😄

(deftask prepl-server
  "Start a prepl server."
  [p port PORT int "The port on which to start the prepl server."]
  (comp
    (socket-server
      :accept 'clojure.core.server/io-prepl
      :port   (or port 5555))
    (wait)))

@dave can haz pr?

Sure!

@dave cheers!