install just is more lenient here. there is also install-latest

got it, makes sense after digging through the code

I wish there were some easy way to have github inject the current SHA into a README.md

tools like #C03KCV7TM6F allow you to add a dependency by tag:

neil add dep io.github.mentat-collective/clerk-utils --git/tag v0.3.0

and then it adds the sha for you

without providing the tag it picks the last tagged release

for README: I sometimes work with templates that I re-generate, but the downside of this is that I regularly receive PRs that update the generated README instead of the template :)

In deps.edn, the SHA acts as a check on the tag -- to make sure they match and you're not picking up some random version because someone moved the tag (tags are mutable in git, SHAs are not). tools install is kind of odd that way so I assume the thinking is that picking up some random version of an installed "dev tool" is less important/less risky than your production code picking up some random version? @U064X3EF3?

correct, this was an intentional choice to require less here

Hi is there a way to use tools.deps to load a dependency programmatically, quite similar to https://insideclojure.org/2018/05/04/add-lib/, but not using the repl? I want to calculate the git hash and then add an dependency in runtime, quite similar of what borkdude does in neil + deps-new, but only using clojure tools.deps.

The add-lib stuff is a function

Yes, but I saw it uses DynamicClassLoader's addURL and this only works on repl right?

It depends on the context. You can "easily" set up that context yourself programmatically.

My :add-libs alias includes the code via -e but you could just add this into your code: https://github.com/seancorfield/dot-clojure/blob/develop/deps.edn#L128

Interesting thanks!