Feature Request: Add current file to Cabal (exposed/other) modules

[NickSeagull]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Adding all project modules to the Cabal file is often confusing for newcomers, if we could add them automatically, it'd be a win.

Describe the solution you'd like

When a module in the project is opened and it is not mentioned in the Cabal file, it should be added automatically to the other-modules section.

This would be a quick boost of productivity, so the developer would only need to move the module to exposed-modules if they want to expose it.

An alternative would be to add a command to the extension to achieve this on demand.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Using/creating a CLI file just for this

Additional context

In F# Ionide this is done through an additional file explorer view, which is overkill in my opinion. Still, it frees the dev from having to mess around with tooling.

[fendor]

Hi, thank you for your bug report!

The requested feature is the responsibility of Haskell Language Server, moving the issue to the main repo.

[fendor]

I think we do have a duplicate issue somewhere...

Currently, this is a huge amount of work, and cannot easily be done.
Related issue: #155

Maybe we can do something with #2940, but it won't be any time soon.

[NickSeagull]

Thanks a lot for the prompt response! I understand that maintaining a great project like this is a huge effort. No push at all, just wanted to put this on the backlog in case someone might want to take a stab in the future, myself included :)

It is not said enough in the OSS community, so here it goes:

Thanks a lot for your efforts ❤️

[fendor]

@VeryMilkyJoe is going to work on this issue as one of their next tasks for #2940