/**
	Representing a full project, with a root Package and several dependencies.

	Copyright: © 2012-2013 Matthias Dondorff, 2012-2016 Sönke Ludwig
	License: Subject to the terms of the MIT license, as written in the included LICENSE.txt file.
	Authors: Matthias Dondorff, Sönke Ludwig
*/
module dub.project;

import dub.compilers.compiler;
import dub.dependency;
import dub.description;
import dub.internal.utils;
import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
import dub.internal.vibecompat.data.json;
import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url;
import dub.package_;
import dub.packagemanager;
import dub.packagesupplier;
import dub.generators.generator;

import std.algorithm;
import std.array;
import std.conv : to;
import std.datetime;
import std.exception : enforce;
import std.string;
import std.encoding : sanitize;

/**
	Represents a full project, a root package with its dependencies and package
	selection.

	All dependencies must be available locally so that the package dependency
	graph can be built. Use `Project.reinit` if necessary for reloading
	dependencies after more packages are available.
*/
class Project {
	private {
		PackageManager m_packageManager;
		Json m_packageSettings;
		Package m_rootPackage;
		Package[] m_dependencies;
		Package[][Package] m_dependees;
		SelectedVersions m_selections;
		bool m_hasAllDependencies;
		string[string] m_overriddenConfigs;
	}

	/** Loads a project.

		Params:
			package_manager = Package manager instance to use for loading
				dependencies
			project_path = Path of the root package to load
			pack = An existing `Package` instance to use as the root package
	*/
	this(PackageManager package_manager, NativePath project_path)
	{
		Package pack;
		auto packageFile = Package.findPackageFile(project_path);
		if (packageFile.empty) {
			logWarn("There was no package description found for the application in '%s'.", project_path.toNativeString());
			pack = new Package(PackageRecipe.init, project_path);
		} else {
			pack = package_manager.getOrLoadPackage(project_path, packageFile);
		}

		this(package_manager, pack);
	}

	/// ditto
	this(PackageManager package_manager, Package pack)
	{
		m_packageManager = package_manager;
		m_rootPackage = pack;
		m_packageSettings = Json.emptyObject;

		try m_packageSettings = jsonFromFile(m_rootPackage.path ~ ".dub/dub.json", true);
		catch(Exception t) logDiagnostic("Failed to read .dub/dub.json: %s", t.msg);

		auto selverfile = m_rootPackage.path ~ SelectedVersions.defaultFile;
		if (existsFile(selverfile)) {
			try m_selections = new SelectedVersions(selverfile);
			catch(Exception e) {
				logWarn("Failed to load %s: %s", SelectedVersions.defaultFile, e.msg);
				logDiagnostic("Full error: %s", e.toString().sanitize);
				m_selections = new SelectedVersions;
			}
		} else m_selections = new SelectedVersions;

		reinit();
	}

	/** List of all resolved dependencies.

		This includes all direct and indirect dependencies of all configurations
		combined. Optional dependencies that were not chosen are not included.
	*/
	@property const(Package[]) dependencies() const { return m_dependencies; }

	/// The root package of the project.
	@property inout(Package) rootPackage() inout { return m_rootPackage; }

	/// The versions to use for all dependencies. Call reinit() after changing these.
	@property inout(SelectedVersions) selections() inout { return m_selections; }

	/// Package manager instance used by the project.
	@property inout(PackageManager) packageManager() inout { return m_packageManager; }

	/** Determines if all dependencies necessary to build have been collected.

		If this function returns `false`, it may be necessary to add more entries
		to `selections`, or to use `Dub.upgrade` to automatically select all
		missing dependencies.
	*/
	bool hasAllDependencies() const { return m_hasAllDependencies; }

	/** Allows iteration of the dependency tree in topological order
	*/
	int delegate(int delegate(ref Package)) getTopologicalPackageList(bool children_first = false, Package root_package = null, string[string] configs = null)
	{
		// ugly way to avoid code duplication since inout isn't compatible with foreach type inference
		return cast(int delegate(int delegate(ref Package)))(cast(const)this).getTopologicalPackageList(children_first, root_package, configs);
	}
	/// ditto
	int delegate(int delegate(ref const Package)) getTopologicalPackageList(bool children_first = false, in Package root_package = null, string[string] configs = null)
	const {
		const(Package) rootpack = root_package ? root_package : m_rootPackage;

		int iterator(int delegate(ref const Package) del)
		{
			int ret = 0;
			bool[const(Package)] visited;
			void perform_rec(in Package p){
				if( p in visited ) return;
				visited[p] = true;

				if( !children_first ){
					ret = del(p);
					if( ret ) return;
				}

				auto cfg = configs.get(p.name, null);

				PackageDependency[] deps;
				if (!cfg.length) deps = p.getAllDependencies();
				else {
					auto depmap = p.getDependencies(cfg);
					deps = depmap.byKey.map!(k => PackageDependency(k, depmap[k])).array;
				}
				deps.sort!((a, b) => a.name < b.name);

				foreach (d; deps) {
					auto dependency = getDependency(d.name, true);
					assert(dependency || d.spec.optional,
						format("Non-optional dependency %s of %s not found in dependency tree!?.", d.name, p.name));
					if(dependency) perform_rec(dependency);
					if( ret ) return;
				}

				if( children_first ){
					ret = del(p);
					if( ret ) return;
				}
			}
			perform_rec(rootpack);
			return ret;
		}

		return &iterator;
	}

	/** Retrieves a particular dependency by name.

		Params:
			name = (Qualified) package name of the dependency
			is_optional = If set to true, will return `null` for unsatisfiable
				dependencies instead of throwing an exception.
	*/
	inout(Package) getDependency(string name, bool is_optional)
	inout {
		foreach(dp; m_dependencies)
			if( dp.name == name )
				return dp;
		if (!is_optional) throw new Exception("Unknown dependency: "~name);
		else return null;
	}

	/** Returns the name of the default build configuration for the specified
		target platform.

		Params:
			platform = The target build platform
			allow_non_library_configs = If set to true, will use the first
				possible configuration instead of the first "executable"
				configuration.
	*/
	string getDefaultConfiguration(BuildPlatform platform, bool allow_non_library_configs = true)
	const {
		auto cfgs = getPackageConfigs(platform, null, allow_non_library_configs);
		return cfgs[m_rootPackage.name];
	}

	/** Overrides the configuration chosen for a particular package in the
		dependency graph.

		Setting a certain configuration here is equivalent to removing all
		but one configuration from the package.

		Params:
			package_ = The package for which to force selecting a certain
				dependency
			config = Name of the configuration to force
	*/
	void overrideConfiguration(string package_, string config)
	{
		auto p = getDependency(package_, true);
		enforce(p !is null,
			format("Package '%s', marked for configuration override, is not present in dependency graph.", package_));
		enforce(p.configurations.canFind(config),
			format("Package '%s' does not have a configuration named '%s'.", package_, config));
		m_overriddenConfigs[package_] = config;
	}

	/** Performs basic validation of various aspects of the package.

		This will emit warnings to `stderr` if any discouraged names or
		dependency patterns are found.
	*/
	void validate()
	{
		// some basic package lint
		m_rootPackage.warnOnSpecialCompilerFlags();
		string nameSuggestion() {
			string ret;
			ret ~= `Please modify the "name" field in %s accordingly.`.format(m_rootPackage.recipePath.toNativeString());
			if (!m_rootPackage.recipe.buildSettings.targetName.length) {
				if (m_rootPackage.recipePath.head.toString().endsWith(".sdl")) {
					ret ~= ` You can then add 'targetName "%s"' to keep the current executable name.`.format(m_rootPackage.name);
				} else {
					ret ~= ` You can then add '"targetName": "%s"' to keep the current executable name.`.format(m_rootPackage.name);
				}
			}
			return ret;
		}
		if (m_rootPackage.name != m_rootPackage.name.toLower()) {
			logWarn(`WARNING: DUB package names should always be lower case. %s`, nameSuggestion());
		} else if (!m_rootPackage.recipe.name.all!(ch => ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z' || ch >= '0' && ch <= '9' || ch == '-' || ch == '_')) {
			logWarn(`WARNING: DUB package names may only contain alphanumeric characters, `
				~ `as well as '-' and '_'. %s`, nameSuggestion());
		}
		enforce(!m_rootPackage.name.canFind(' '), "Aborting due to the package name containing spaces.");

		foreach (d; m_rootPackage.getAllDependencies())
			if (d.spec.isExactVersion && d.spec.version_.isBranch) {
				logWarn("WARNING: A deprecated branch based version specification is used "
					~ "for the dependency %s. Please use numbered versions instead. Also "
					~ "note that you can still use the %s file to override a certain "
					~ "dependency to use a branch instead.",
					d.name, SelectedVersions.defaultFile);
			}

		// search for orphan sub configurations
		void warnSubConfig(string pack, string config) {
			logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> \"%s\" "
				~ "references a package that is not specified as a dependency "
				~ "and will have no effect.", pack, config);
		}
		void checkSubConfig(string pack, string config) {
			auto p = getDependency(pack, true);
			if (p && !p.configurations.canFind(config)) {
				logWarn("The sub configuration directive \"%s\" -> \"%s\" "
					~ "references a configuration that does not exist.",
					pack, config);
			}
		}
		auto globalbs = m_rootPackage.getBuildSettings();
		foreach (p, c; globalbs.subConfigurations) {
			if (p !in globalbs.dependencies) warnSubConfig(p, c);
			else checkSubConfig(p, c);
		}
		foreach (c; m_rootPackage.configurations) {
			auto bs = m_rootPackage.getBuildSettings(c);
			foreach (p, c; bs.subConfigurations) {
				if (p !in bs.dependencies && p !in globalbs.dependencies)
					warnSubConfig(p, c);
				else checkSubConfig(p, c);
			}
		}

		// check for version specification mismatches
		bool[Package] visited;
		void validateDependenciesRec(Package pack) {
			// perform basic package linting
			pack.simpleLint();

			foreach (d; pack.getAllDependencies()) {
				auto basename = getBasePackageName(d.name);
				if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
					auto selver = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
					if (d.spec.merge(selver) == Dependency.invalid) {
						logWarn("Selected package %s %s does not match the dependency specification %s in package %s. Need to \"dub upgrade\"?",
							basename, selver, d.spec, pack.name);
					}
				}

				auto deppack = getDependency(d.name, true);
				if (deppack in visited) continue;
				visited[deppack] = true;
				if (deppack) validateDependenciesRec(deppack);
			}
		}
		validateDependenciesRec(m_rootPackage);
	}

	/// Reloads dependencies.
	void reinit()
	{
		m_dependencies = null;
		m_hasAllDependencies = true;
		m_packageManager.refresh(false);

		void collectDependenciesRec(Package pack, int depth = 0)
		{
			auto indent = replicate("  ", depth);
			logDebug("%sCollecting dependencies for %s", indent, pack.name);
			indent ~= "  ";

			foreach (dep; pack.getAllDependencies()) {
				Dependency vspec = dep.spec;
				Package p;

				auto basename = getBasePackageName(dep.name);
				auto subname = getSubPackageName(dep.name);

				// non-optional and optional-default dependencies (if no selections file exists)
				// need to be satisfied
				bool is_desired = !vspec.optional || m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename) || (vspec.default_ && m_selections.bare);

				if (dep.name == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
					vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.version_);
					p = m_rootPackage.basePackage;
				} else if (basename == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name) {
					vspec = Dependency(m_rootPackage.version_);
					try p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(m_rootPackage.basePackage, subname, false);
					catch (Exception e) {
						logDiagnostic("%sError getting sub package %s: %s", indent, dep.name, e.msg);
						if (is_desired) m_hasAllDependencies = false;
						continue;
					}
				} else if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
					vspec = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
					if (vspec.path.empty) p = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(dep.name, vspec);
					else {
						auto path = vspec.path;
						if (!path.absolute) path = m_rootPackage.path ~ path;
						p = m_packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(path, NativePath.init, true);
						if (subname.length) p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(p, subname, true);
					}
				} else if (m_dependencies.canFind!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename)) {
					auto idx = m_dependencies.countUntil!(d => getBasePackageName(d.name) == basename);
					auto bp = m_dependencies[idx].basePackage;
					vspec = Dependency(bp.path);
					if (subname.length) p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(bp, subname, false);
					else p = bp;
				} else {
					logDiagnostic("%sVersion selection for dependency %s (%s) of %s is missing.",
						indent, basename, dep.name, pack.name);
				}

				if (!p && !vspec.path.empty) {
					NativePath path = vspec.path;
					if (!path.absolute) path = pack.path ~ path;
					logDiagnostic("%sAdding local %s in %s", indent, dep.name, path);
					p = m_packageManager.getOrLoadPackage(path, NativePath.init, true);
					if (p.parentPackage !is null) {
						logWarn("%sSub package %s must be referenced using the path to it's parent package.", indent, dep.name);
						p = p.parentPackage;
					}
					if (subname.length) p = m_packageManager.getSubPackage(p, subname, false);
					enforce(p.name == dep.name,
						format("Path based dependency %s is referenced with a wrong name: %s vs. %s",
							path.toNativeString(), dep.name, p.name));
				}

				if (!p) {
					logDiagnostic("%sMissing dependency %s %s of %s", indent, dep.name, vspec, pack.name);
					if (is_desired) m_hasAllDependencies = false;
					continue;
				}

				if (!m_dependencies.canFind(p)) {
					logDiagnostic("%sFound dependency %s %s", indent, dep.name, vspec.toString());
					m_dependencies ~= p;
					if (basename == m_rootPackage.basePackage.name)
						p.warnOnSpecialCompilerFlags();
					collectDependenciesRec(p, depth+1);
				}

				m_dependees[p] ~= pack;
				//enforce(p !is null, "Failed to resolve dependency "~dep.name~" "~vspec.toString());
			}
		}
		collectDependenciesRec(m_rootPackage);
	}

	/// Returns the name of the root package.
	@property string name() const { return m_rootPackage ? m_rootPackage.name : "app"; }

	/// Returns the names of all configurations of the root package.
	@property string[] configurations() const { return m_rootPackage.configurations; }

	/// Returns a map with the configuration for all packages in the dependency tree.
	string[string] getPackageConfigs(in BuildPlatform platform, string config, bool allow_non_library = true)
	const {
		struct Vertex { string pack, config; }
		struct Edge { size_t from, to; }

		Vertex[] configs;
		Edge[] edges;
		string[][string] parents;
		parents[m_rootPackage.name] = null;
		foreach (p; getTopologicalPackageList())
			foreach (d; p.getAllDependencies())
				parents[d.name] ~= p.name;

		size_t createConfig(string pack, string config) {
			foreach (i, v; configs)
				if (v.pack == pack && v.config == config)
					return i;
			assert(pack !in m_overriddenConfigs || config == m_overriddenConfigs[pack]);
			logDebug("Add config %s %s", pack, config);
			configs ~= Vertex(pack, config);
			return configs.length-1;
		}

		bool haveConfig(string pack, string config) {
			return configs.any!(c => c.pack == pack && c.config == config);
		}

		size_t createEdge(size_t from, size_t to) {
			auto idx = edges.countUntil(Edge(from, to));
			if (idx >= 0) return idx;
			logDebug("Including %s %s -> %s %s", configs[from].pack, configs[from].config, configs[to].pack, configs[to].config);
			edges ~= Edge(from, to);
			return edges.length-1;
		}

		void removeConfig(size_t i) {
			logDebug("Eliminating config %s for %s", configs[i].config, configs[i].pack);
			auto had_dep_to_pack = new bool[configs.length];
			auto still_has_dep_to_pack = new bool[configs.length];

			edges = edges.filter!((e) {
					if (e.to == i) {
						had_dep_to_pack[e.from] = true;
						return false;
					} else if (configs[e.to].pack == configs[i].pack) {
						still_has_dep_to_pack[e.from] = true;
					}
					if (e.from == i) return false;
					return true;
				}).array;

			configs[i] = Vertex.init; // mark config as removed

			// also remove any configs that cannot be satisfied anymore
			foreach (j; 0 .. configs.length)
				if (j != i && had_dep_to_pack[j] && !still_has_dep_to_pack[j])
					removeConfig(j);
		}

		bool isReachable(string pack, string conf) {
			if (pack == configs[0].pack && configs[0].config == conf) return true;
			foreach (e; edges)
				if (configs[e.to].pack == pack && configs[e.to].config == conf)
					return true;
			return false;
			//return (pack == configs[0].pack && conf == configs[0].config) || edges.canFind!(e => configs[e.to].pack == pack && configs[e.to].config == config);
		}

		bool isReachableByAllParentPacks(size_t cidx) {
			bool[string] r;
			foreach (p; parents[configs[cidx].pack]) r[p] = false;
			foreach (e; edges) {
				if (e.to != cidx) continue;
				if (auto pp = configs[e.from].pack in r) *pp = true;
			}
			foreach (bool v; r) if (!v) return false;
			return true;
		}

		string[] allconfigs_path;

		void determineDependencyConfigs(in Package p, string c)
		{
			string[][string] depconfigs;
			foreach (d; p.getAllDependencies()) {
				auto dp = getDependency(d.name, true);
				if (!dp) continue;

				string[] cfgs;
				if (auto pc = dp.name in m_overriddenConfigs) cfgs = [*pc];
				else {
					auto subconf = p.getSubConfiguration(c, dp, platform);
					if (!subconf.empty) cfgs = [subconf];
					else cfgs = dp.getPlatformConfigurations(platform);
				}
				cfgs = cfgs.filter!(c => haveConfig(d.name, c)).array;

				// if no valid configuration was found for a dependency, don't include the
				// current configuration
				if (!cfgs.length) {
					logDebug("Skip %s %s (missing configuration for %s)", p.name, c, dp.name);
					return;
				}
				depconfigs[d.name] = cfgs;
			}

			// add this configuration to the graph
			size_t cidx = createConfig(p.name, c);
			foreach (d; p.getAllDependencies())
				foreach (sc; depconfigs.get(d.name, null))
					createEdge(cidx, createConfig(d.name, sc));
		}

		// create a graph of all possible package configurations (package, config) -> (subpackage, subconfig)
		void determineAllConfigs(in Package p)
		{
			auto idx = allconfigs_path.countUntil(p.name);
			enforce(idx < 0, format("Detected dependency cycle: %s", (allconfigs_path[idx .. $] ~ p.name).join("->")));
			allconfigs_path ~= p.name;
			scope (exit) allconfigs_path.length--;

			// first, add all dependency configurations
			foreach (d; p.getAllDependencies) {
				auto dp = getDependency(d.name, true);
				if (!dp) continue;
				determineAllConfigs(dp);
			}

			// for each configuration, determine the configurations usable for the dependencies
			if (auto pc = p.name in m_overriddenConfigs)
				determineDependencyConfigs(p, *pc);
			else
				foreach (c; p.getPlatformConfigurations(platform, p is m_rootPackage && allow_non_library))
					determineDependencyConfigs(p, c);
		}
		if (config.length) createConfig(m_rootPackage.name, config);
		determineAllConfigs(m_rootPackage);

		// successively remove configurations until only one configuration per package is left
		bool changed;
		do {
			// remove all configs that are not reachable by all parent packages
			changed = false;
			foreach (i, ref c; configs) {
				if (c == Vertex.init) continue; // ignore deleted configurations
				if (!isReachableByAllParentPacks(i)) {
					logDebug("%s %s NOT REACHABLE by all of (%s):", c.pack, c.config, parents[c.pack]);
					removeConfig(i);
					changed = true;
				}
			}

			// when all edges are cleaned up, pick one package and remove all but one config
			if (!changed) {
				foreach (p; getTopologicalPackageList()) {
					size_t cnt = 0;
					foreach (i, ref c; configs)
						if (c.pack == p.name && ++cnt > 1) {
							logDebug("NON-PRIMARY: %s %s", c.pack, c.config);
							removeConfig(i);
						}
					if (cnt > 1) {
						changed = true;
						break;
					}
				}
			}
		} while (changed);

		// print out the resulting tree
		foreach (e; edges) logDebug("    %s %s -> %s %s", configs[e.from].pack, configs[e.from].config, configs[e.to].pack, configs[e.to].config);

		// return the resulting configuration set as an AA
		string[string] ret;
		foreach (c; configs) {
			if (c == Vertex.init) continue; // ignore deleted configurations
			assert(ret.get(c.pack, c.config) == c.config, format("Conflicting configurations for %s found: %s vs. %s", c.pack, c.config, ret[c.pack]));
			logDebug("Using configuration '%s' for %s", c.config, c.pack);
			ret[c.pack] = c.config;
		}

		// check for conflicts (packages missing in the final configuration graph)
		void checkPacksRec(in Package pack) {
			auto pc = pack.name in ret;
			enforce(pc !is null, "Could not resolve configuration for package "~pack.name);
			foreach (p, dep; pack.getDependencies(*pc)) {
				auto deppack = getDependency(p, dep.optional);
				if (deppack) checkPacksRec(deppack);
			}
		}
		checkPacksRec(m_rootPackage);

		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Fills `dst` with values from this project.
	 *
	 * `dst` gets initialized according to the given platform and config.
	 *
	 * Params:
	 *   dst = The BuildSettings struct to fill with data.
	 *   platform = The platform to retrieve the values for.
	 *   config = Values of the given configuration will be retrieved.
	 *   root_package = If non null, use it instead of the project's real root package.
	 *   shallow = If true, collects only build settings for the main package (including inherited settings) and doesn't stop on target type none and sourceLibrary.
	 */
	void addBuildSettings(ref BuildSettings dst, in BuildPlatform platform, string config, in Package root_package = null, bool shallow = false)
	const {
		import dub.internal.utils : stripDlangSpecialChars;

		auto configs = getPackageConfigs(platform, config);

		foreach (pkg; this.getTopologicalPackageList(false, root_package, configs)) {
			auto pkg_path = pkg.path.toNativeString();
			dst.addVersions(["Have_" ~ stripDlangSpecialChars(pkg.name)]);

			assert(pkg.name in configs, "Missing configuration for "~pkg.name);
			logDebug("Gathering build settings for %s (%s)", pkg.name, configs[pkg.name]);

			auto psettings = pkg.getBuildSettings(platform, configs[pkg.name]);
			if (psettings.targetType != TargetType.none) {
				if (shallow && pkg !is m_rootPackage)
					psettings.sourceFiles = null;
				processVars(dst, this, pkg, psettings);
				if (psettings.importPaths.empty)
					logWarn(`Package %s (configuration "%s") defines no import paths, use {"importPaths": [...]} or the default package directory structure to fix this.`, pkg.name, configs[pkg.name]);
				if (psettings.mainSourceFile.empty && pkg is m_rootPackage && psettings.targetType == TargetType.executable)
					logWarn(`Executable configuration "%s" of package %s defines no main source file, this may cause certain build modes to fail. Add an explicit "mainSourceFile" to the package description to fix this.`, configs[pkg.name], pkg.name);
			}
			if (pkg is m_rootPackage) {
				if (!shallow) {
					enforce(psettings.targetType != TargetType.none, "Main package has target type \"none\" - stopping build.");
					enforce(psettings.targetType != TargetType.sourceLibrary, "Main package has target type \"sourceLibrary\" which generates no target - stopping build.");
				}
				dst.targetType = psettings.targetType;
				dst.targetPath = psettings.targetPath;
				dst.targetName = psettings.targetName;
				if (!psettings.workingDirectory.empty)
					dst.workingDirectory = processVars(psettings.workingDirectory, this, pkg, true);
				if (psettings.mainSourceFile.length)
					dst.mainSourceFile = processVars(psettings.mainSourceFile, this, pkg, true);
			}
		}

		// always add all version identifiers of all packages
		foreach (pkg; this.getTopologicalPackageList(false, null, configs)) {
			auto psettings = pkg.getBuildSettings(platform, configs[pkg.name]);
			dst.addVersions(psettings.versions);
		}
	}

	/** Fills `dst` with build settings specific to the given build type.

		Params:
			dst = The `BuildSettings` instance to add the build settings to
			platform = Target build platform
			build_type = Name of the build type
			for_root_package = Selects if the build settings are for the root
				package or for one of the dependencies. Unittest flags will
				only be added to the root package.
	*/
	void addBuildTypeSettings(ref BuildSettings dst, in BuildPlatform platform, string build_type, bool for_root_package = true)
	{
		bool usedefflags = !(dst.requirements & BuildRequirement.noDefaultFlags);
		if (usedefflags) {
			BuildSettings btsettings;
			m_rootPackage.addBuildTypeSettings(btsettings, platform, build_type);

			if (!for_root_package) {
				// don't propagate unittest switch to dependencies, as dependent
				// unit tests aren't run anyway and the additional code may
				// cause linking to fail on Windows (issue #640)
				btsettings.removeOptions(BuildOption.unittests);
			}

			processVars(dst, this, m_rootPackage, btsettings);
		}
	}

	/// Outputs a build description of the project, including its dependencies.
	ProjectDescription describe(GeneratorSettings settings)
	{
		import dub.generators.targetdescription;

		// store basic build parameters
		ProjectDescription ret;
		ret.rootPackage = m_rootPackage.name;
		ret.configuration = settings.config;
		ret.buildType = settings.buildType;
		ret.compiler = settings.platform.compiler;
		ret.architecture = settings.platform.architecture;
		ret.platform = settings.platform.platform;

		// collect high level information about projects (useful for IDE display)
		auto configs = getPackageConfigs(settings.platform, settings.config);
		ret.packages ~= m_rootPackage.describe(settings.platform, settings.config);
		foreach (dep; m_dependencies)
			ret.packages ~= dep.describe(settings.platform, configs[dep.name]);

		foreach (p; getTopologicalPackageList(false, null, configs))
			ret.packages[ret.packages.countUntil!(pp => pp.name == p.name)].active = true;

		if (settings.buildType.length) {
			// collect build target information (useful for build tools)
			auto gen = new TargetDescriptionGenerator(this);
			try {
				gen.generate(settings);
				ret.targets = gen.targetDescriptions;
				ret.targetLookup = gen.targetDescriptionLookup;
			} catch (Exception e) {
				logDiagnostic("Skipping targets description: %s", e.msg);
				logDebug("Full error: %s", e.toString().sanitize);
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

	private string[] listBuildSetting(string attributeName)(BuildPlatform platform,
		string config, ProjectDescription projectDescription, Compiler compiler, bool disableEscaping)
	{
		return listBuildSetting!attributeName(platform, getPackageConfigs(platform, config),
			projectDescription, compiler, disableEscaping);
	}

	private string[] listBuildSetting(string attributeName)(BuildPlatform platform,
		string[string] configs, ProjectDescription projectDescription, Compiler compiler, bool disableEscaping)
	{
		if (compiler)
			return formatBuildSettingCompiler!attributeName(platform, configs, projectDescription, compiler, disableEscaping);
		else
			return formatBuildSettingPlain!attributeName(platform, configs, projectDescription);
	}

	// Output a build setting formatted for a compiler
	private string[] formatBuildSettingCompiler(string attributeName)(BuildPlatform platform,
		string[string] configs, ProjectDescription projectDescription, Compiler compiler, bool disableEscaping)
	{
		import std.process : escapeShellFileName;
		import std.path : dirSeparator;

		assert(compiler);

		auto targetDescription = projectDescription.lookupTarget(projectDescription.rootPackage);
		auto buildSettings = targetDescription.buildSettings;

		string[] values;
		switch (attributeName)
		{
		case "dflags":
		case "linkerFiles":
		case "mainSourceFile":
		case "importFiles":
			values = formatBuildSettingPlain!attributeName(platform, configs, projectDescription);
			break;

		case "lflags":
		case "sourceFiles":
		case "versions":
		case "debugVersions":
		case "importPaths":
		case "stringImportPaths":
		case "options":
			auto bs = buildSettings.dup;
			bs.dflags = null;

			// Ensure trailing slash on directory paths
			auto ensureTrailingSlash = (string path) => path.endsWith(dirSeparator) ? path : path ~ dirSeparator;
			static if (attributeName == "importPaths")
				bs.importPaths = bs.importPaths.map!(ensureTrailingSlash).array();
			else static if (attributeName == "stringImportPaths")
				bs.stringImportPaths = bs.stringImportPaths.map!(ensureTrailingSlash).array();

			compiler.prepareBuildSettings(bs, BuildSetting.all & ~to!BuildSetting(attributeName));
			values = bs.dflags;
			break;

		case "libs":
			auto bs = buildSettings.dup;
			bs.dflags = null;
			bs.lflags = null;
			bs.sourceFiles = null;
			bs.targetType = TargetType.none; // Force Compiler to NOT omit dependency libs when package is a library.

			compiler.prepareBuildSettings(bs, BuildSetting.all & ~to!BuildSetting(attributeName));

			if (bs.lflags)
				values = compiler.lflagsToDFlags( bs.lflags );
			else if (bs.sourceFiles)
				values = compiler.lflagsToDFlags( bs.sourceFiles );
			else
				values = bs.dflags;

			break;

		default: assert(0);
		}

		// Escape filenames and paths
		if(!disableEscaping)
		{
			switch (attributeName)
			{
			case "mainSourceFile":
			case "linkerFiles":
			case "copyFiles":
			case "importFiles":
			case "stringImportFiles":
			case "sourceFiles":
			case "importPaths":
			case "stringImportPaths":
				return values.map!(escapeShellFileName).array();

			default:
				return values;
			}
		}

		return values;
	}

	// Output a build setting without formatting for any particular compiler
	private string[] formatBuildSettingPlain(string attributeName)(BuildPlatform platform, string[string] configs, ProjectDescription projectDescription)
	{
		import std.path : buildNormalizedPath, dirSeparator;
		import std.range : only;

		string[] list;

		enforce(attributeName == "targetType" || projectDescription.lookupRootPackage().targetType != TargetType.none,
			"Target type is 'none'. Cannot list build settings.");

		static if (attributeName == "targetType")
			if (projectDescription.rootPackage !in projectDescription.targetLookup)
				return ["none"];

		auto targetDescription = projectDescription.lookupTarget(projectDescription.rootPackage);
		auto buildSettings = targetDescription.buildSettings;

		// Return any BuildSetting member attributeName as a range of strings. Don't attempt to fixup values.
		// allowEmptyString: When the value is a string (as opposed to string[]),
		//                   is empty string an actual permitted value instead of
		//                   a missing value?
		auto getRawBuildSetting(Package pack, bool allowEmptyString) {
			auto value = __traits(getMember, buildSettings, attributeName);

			static if( is(typeof(value) == string[]) )
				return value;
			else static if( is(typeof(value) == string) )
			{
				auto ret = only(value);

				// only() has a different return type from only(value), so we
				// have to empty the range rather than just returning only().
				if(value.empty && !allowEmptyString) {
					ret.popFront();
					assert(ret.empty);
				}

				return ret;
			}
			else static if( is(typeof(value) == enum) )
				return only(value);
			else static if( is(typeof(value) == BuildRequirements) )
				return only(cast(BuildRequirement) cast(int) value.values);
			else static if( is(typeof(value) == BuildOptions) )
				return only(cast(BuildOption) cast(int) value.values);
			else
				static assert(false, "Type of BuildSettings."~attributeName~" is unsupported.");
		}

		// Adjust BuildSetting member attributeName as needed.
		// Returns a range of strings.
		auto getFixedBuildSetting(Package pack) {
			// Is relative path(s) to a directory?
			enum isRelativeDirectory =
				attributeName == "importPaths" || attributeName == "stringImportPaths" ||
				attributeName == "targetPath" || attributeName == "workingDirectory";

			// Is relative path(s) to a file?
			enum isRelativeFile =
				attributeName == "sourceFiles" || attributeName == "linkerFiles" ||
				attributeName == "importFiles" || attributeName == "stringImportFiles" ||
				attributeName == "copyFiles" || attributeName == "mainSourceFile";

			// For these, empty string means "main project directory", not "missing value"
			enum allowEmptyString =
				attributeName == "targetPath" || attributeName == "workingDirectory";

			enum isEnumBitfield =
				attributeName == "requirements" || attributeName == "options";

			enum isEnum = attributeName == "targetType";

			auto values = getRawBuildSetting(pack, allowEmptyString);
			string fixRelativePath(string importPath) { return buildNormalizedPath(pack.path.toString(), importPath); }
			static string ensureTrailingSlash(string path) { return path.endsWith(dirSeparator) ? path : path ~ dirSeparator; }

			static if(isRelativeDirectory) {
				// Return full paths for the paths, making sure a
				// directory separator is on the end of each path.
				return values.map!(fixRelativePath).map!(ensureTrailingSlash);
			}
			else static if(isRelativeFile) {
				// Return full paths.
				return values.map!(fixRelativePath);
			}
			else static if(isEnumBitfield)
				return bitFieldNames(values.front);
			else static if (isEnum)
				return [values.front.to!string];
			else
				return values;
		}

		foreach(value; getFixedBuildSetting(m_rootPackage)) {
			list ~= value;
		}

		return list;
	}

	// The "compiler" arg is for choosing which compiler the output should be formatted for,
	// or null to imply "list" format.
	private string[] listBuildSetting(BuildPlatform platform, string[string] configs,
		ProjectDescription projectDescription, string requestedData, Compiler compiler, bool disableEscaping)
	{
		// Certain data cannot be formatter for a compiler
		if (compiler)
		{
			switch (requestedData)
			{
			case "target-type":
			case "target-path":
			case "target-name":
			case "working-directory":
			case "string-import-files":
			case "copy-files":
			case "pre-generate-commands":
			case "post-generate-commands":
			case "pre-build-commands":
			case "post-build-commands":
				enforce(false, "--data="~requestedData~" can only be used with --data-list or --data-0.");
				break;

			case "requirements":
				enforce(false, "--data=requirements can only be used with --data-list or --data-0. Use --data=options instead.");
				break;

			default: break;
			}
		}

		import std.typetuple : TypeTuple;
		auto args = TypeTuple!(platform, configs, projectDescription, compiler, disableEscaping);
		switch (requestedData)
		{
		case "target-type":            return listBuildSetting!"targetType"(args);
		case "target-path":            return listBuildSetting!"targetPath"(args);
		case "target-name":            return listBuildSetting!"targetName"(args);
		case "working-directory":      return listBuildSetting!"workingDirectory"(args);
		case "main-source-file":       return listBuildSetting!"mainSourceFile"(args);
		case "dflags":                 return listBuildSetting!"dflags"(args);
		case "lflags":                 return listBuildSetting!"lflags"(args);
		case "libs":                   return listBuildSetting!"libs"(args);
		case "linker-files":           return listBuildSetting!"linkerFiles"(args);
		case "source-files":           return listBuildSetting!"sourceFiles"(args);
		case "copy-files":             return listBuildSetting!"copyFiles"(args);
		case "versions":               return listBuildSetting!"versions"(args);
		case "debug-versions":         return listBuildSetting!"debugVersions"(args);
		case "import-paths":           return listBuildSetting!"importPaths"(args);
		case "string-import-paths":    return listBuildSetting!"stringImportPaths"(args);
		case "import-files":           return listBuildSetting!"importFiles"(args);
		case "string-import-files":    return listBuildSetting!"stringImportFiles"(args);
		case "pre-generate-commands":  return listBuildSetting!"preGenerateCommands"(args);
		case "post-generate-commands": return listBuildSetting!"postGenerateCommands"(args);
		case "pre-build-commands":     return listBuildSetting!"preBuildCommands"(args);
		case "post-build-commands":    return listBuildSetting!"postBuildCommands"(args);
		case "requirements":           return listBuildSetting!"requirements"(args);
		case "options":                return listBuildSetting!"options"(args);

		default:
			enforce(false, "--data="~requestedData~
				" is not a valid option. See 'dub describe --help' for accepted --data= values.");
		}

		assert(0);
	}

	/// Outputs requested data for the project, optionally including its dependencies.
	string[] listBuildSettings(GeneratorSettings settings, string[] requestedData, ListBuildSettingsFormat list_type)
	{
		import dub.compilers.utils : isLinkerFile;

		auto projectDescription = describe(settings);
		auto configs = getPackageConfigs(settings.platform, settings.config);
		PackageDescription packageDescription;
		foreach (pack; projectDescription.packages) {
			if (pack.name == projectDescription.rootPackage)
				packageDescription = pack;
		}

		if (projectDescription.rootPackage in projectDescription.targetLookup) {
			// Copy linker files from sourceFiles to linkerFiles
			auto target = projectDescription.lookupTarget(projectDescription.rootPackage);
			foreach (file; target.buildSettings.sourceFiles.filter!(isLinkerFile))
				target.buildSettings.addLinkerFiles(file);

			// Remove linker files from sourceFiles
			target.buildSettings.sourceFiles =
				target.buildSettings.sourceFiles
				.filter!(a => !isLinkerFile(a))
				.array();
			projectDescription.lookupTarget(projectDescription.rootPackage) = target;
		}

		Compiler compiler;
		bool no_escape;
		final switch (list_type) with (ListBuildSettingsFormat) {
			case list: break;
			case listNul: no_escape = true; break;
			case commandLine: compiler = settings.compiler; break;
			case commandLineNul: compiler = settings.compiler; no_escape = true; break;

		}

		auto result = requestedData
			.map!(dataName => listBuildSetting(settings.platform, configs, projectDescription, dataName, compiler, no_escape));

		final switch (list_type) with (ListBuildSettingsFormat) {
			case list: return result.map!(l => l.join("\n")).array();
			case listNul: return result.map!(l => l.join("\0")).array;
			case commandLine: return result.map!(l => l.join(" ")).array;
			case commandLineNul: return result.map!(l => l.join("\0")).array;
		}
	}

	/** Saves the currently selected dependency versions to disk.

		The selections will be written to a file named
		`SelectedVersions.defaultFile` ("dub.selections.json") within the
		directory of the root package. Any existing file will get overwritten.
	*/
	void saveSelections()
	{
		assert(m_selections !is null, "Cannot save selections for non-disk based project (has no selections).");
		if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(m_rootPackage.basePackage.name))
			m_selections.deselectVersion(m_rootPackage.basePackage.name);

		auto path = m_rootPackage.path ~ SelectedVersions.defaultFile;
		if (m_selections.dirty || !existsFile(path))
			m_selections.save(path);
	}

	/** Checks if the cached upgrade information is still considered up to date.

		The cache will be considered out of date after 24 hours after the last
		online check.
	*/
	bool isUpgradeCacheUpToDate()
	{
		try {
			auto datestr = m_packageSettings["dub"].opt!(Json[string]).get("lastUpgrade", Json("")).get!string;
			if (!datestr.length) return false;
			auto date = SysTime.fromISOExtString(datestr);
			if ((Clock.currTime() - date) > 1.days) return false;
			return true;
		} catch (Exception t) {
			logDebug("Failed to get the last upgrade time: %s", t.msg);
			return false;
		}
	}

	/** Returns the currently cached upgrade information.

		The returned dictionary maps from dependency package name to the latest
		available version that matches the dependency specifications.
	*/
	Dependency[string] getUpgradeCache()
	{
		try {
			Dependency[string] ret;
			foreach (string p, d; m_packageSettings["dub"].opt!(Json[string]).get("cachedUpgrades", Json.emptyObject))
				ret[p] = SelectedVersions.dependencyFromJson(d);
			return ret;
		} catch (Exception t) {
			logDebug("Failed to get cached upgrades: %s", t.msg);
			return null;
		}
	}

	/** Sets a new set of versions for the upgrade cache.
	*/
	void setUpgradeCache(Dependency[string] versions)
	{
		logDebug("markUpToDate");
		Json create(ref Json json, string object) {
			if (json[object].type == Json.Type.undefined) json[object] = Json.emptyObject;
			return json[object];
		}
		create(m_packageSettings, "dub");
		m_packageSettings["dub"]["lastUpgrade"] = Clock.currTime().toISOExtString();

		create(m_packageSettings["dub"], "cachedUpgrades");
		foreach (p, d; versions)
			m_packageSettings["dub"]["cachedUpgrades"][p] = SelectedVersions.dependencyToJson(d);

		writeDubJson();
	}

	private void writeDubJson() {
		import std.file : exists, mkdir;
		// don't bother to write an empty file
		if( m_packageSettings.length == 0 ) return;

		try {
			logDebug("writeDubJson");
			auto dubpath = m_rootPackage.path~".dub";
			if( !exists(dubpath.toNativeString()) ) mkdir(dubpath.toNativeString());
			auto dstFile = openFile((dubpath~"dub.json").toString(), FileMode.createTrunc);
			scope(exit) dstFile.close();
			dstFile.writePrettyJsonString(m_packageSettings);
		} catch( Exception e ){
			logWarn("Could not write .dub/dub.json.");
		}
	}
}


/// Determines the output format used for `Project.listBuildSettings`.
enum ListBuildSettingsFormat {
	list,           /// Newline separated list entries
	listNul,        /// NUL character separated list entries (unescaped)
	commandLine,    /// Formatted for compiler command line (one data list per line)
	commandLineNul, /// NUL character separated list entries (unescaped, data lists separated by two NUL characters)
}


/// Indicates where a package has been or should be placed to.
enum PlacementLocation {
	/// Packages retrieved with 'local' will be placed in the current folder
	/// using the package name as destination.
	local,
	/// Packages with 'userWide' will be placed in a folder accessible by
	/// all of the applications from the current user.
	user,
	/// Packages retrieved with 'systemWide' will be placed in a shared folder,
	/// which can be accessed by all users of the system.
	system
}

void processVars(ref BuildSettings dst, in Project project, in Package pack,
	BuildSettings settings, bool include_target_settings = false)
{
	dst.addDFlags(processVars(project, pack, settings.dflags));
	dst.addLFlags(processVars(project, pack, settings.lflags));
	dst.addLibs(processVars(project, pack, settings.libs));
	dst.addSourceFiles(processVars(project, pack, settings.sourceFiles, true));
	dst.addImportFiles(processVars(project, pack, settings.importFiles, true));
	dst.addStringImportFiles(processVars(project, pack, settings.stringImportFiles, true));
	dst.addCopyFiles(processVars(project, pack, settings.copyFiles, true));
	dst.addVersions(processVars(project, pack, settings.versions));
	dst.addDebugVersions(processVars(project, pack, settings.debugVersions));
	dst.addImportPaths(processVars(project, pack, settings.importPaths, true));
	dst.addStringImportPaths(processVars(project, pack, settings.stringImportPaths, true));
	dst.addPreGenerateCommands(processVars(project, pack, settings.preGenerateCommands));
	dst.addPostGenerateCommands(processVars(project, pack, settings.postGenerateCommands));
	dst.addPreBuildCommands(processVars(project, pack, settings.preBuildCommands));
	dst.addPostBuildCommands(processVars(project, pack, settings.postBuildCommands));
	dst.addRequirements(settings.requirements);
	dst.addOptions(settings.options);

	if (include_target_settings) {
		dst.targetType = settings.targetType;
		dst.targetPath = processVars(settings.targetPath, project, pack, true);
		dst.targetName = settings.targetName;
		if (!settings.workingDirectory.empty)
			dst.workingDirectory = processVars(settings.workingDirectory, project, pack, true);
		if (settings.mainSourceFile.length)
			dst.mainSourceFile = processVars(settings.mainSourceFile, project, pack, true);
	}
}

private string[] processVars(in Project project, in Package pack, string[] vars, bool are_paths = false)
{
	auto ret = appender!(string[])();
	processVars(ret, project, pack, vars, are_paths);
	return ret.data;

}
private void processVars(ref Appender!(string[]) dst, in Project project, in Package pack, string[] vars, bool are_paths = false)
{
	foreach (var; vars) dst.put(processVars(var, project, pack, are_paths));
}

private string processVars(string var, in Project project, in Package pack, bool is_path)
{
	auto idx = std..string.indexOf(var, '$');
	if (idx >= 0) {
		auto vres = appender!string();
		while (idx >= 0) {
			if (idx+1 >= var.length) break;
			if (var[idx+1] == '$') {
				vres.put(var[0 .. idx+1]);
				var = var[idx+2 .. $];
			} else {
				vres.put(var[0 .. idx]);
				var = var[idx+1 .. $];

				size_t idx2 = 0;
				while( idx2 < var.length && isIdentChar(var[idx2]) ) idx2++;
				auto varname = var[0 .. idx2];
				var = var[idx2 .. $];

				vres.put(getVariable(varname, project, pack));
			}
			idx = std..string.indexOf(var, '$');
		}
		vres.put(var);
		var = vres.data;
	}
	if (is_path) {
		auto p = NativePath(var);
		if (!p.absolute) {
			return (pack.path ~ p).toNativeString();
		} else return p.toNativeString();
	} else return var;
}

private string getVariable(string name, in Project project, in Package pack)
{
	import std.process : environment;
	if (name == "PACKAGE_DIR") return pack.path.toNativeString();
	if (name == "ROOT_PACKAGE_DIR") return project.rootPackage.path.toNativeString();

	if (name.endsWith("_PACKAGE_DIR")) {
		auto pname = name[0 .. $-12];
		foreach (prj; project.getTopologicalPackageList())
			if (prj.name.toUpper().replace("-", "_") == pname)
				return prj.path.toNativeString();
	}

	auto envvar = environment.get(name);
	if (envvar !is null) return envvar;

	throw new Exception("Invalid variable: "~name);
}


/** Holds and stores a set of version selections for package dependencies.

	This is the runtime representation of the information contained in
	"dub.selections.json" within a package's directory.
*/
final class SelectedVersions {
	private struct Selected {
		Dependency dep;
		//Dependency[string] packages;
	}
	private {
		enum FileVersion = 1;
		Selected[string] m_selections;
		bool m_dirty = false; // has changes since last save
		bool m_bare = true;
	}

	/// Default file name to use for storing selections.
	enum defaultFile = "dub.selections.json";

	/// Constructs a new empty version selection.
	this() {}

	/** Constructs a new version selection from JSON data.

		The structure of the JSON document must match the contents of the
		"dub.selections.json" file.
	*/
	this(Json data)
	{
		deserialize(data);
		m_dirty = false;
	}

	/** Constructs a new version selections from an existing JSON file.
	*/
	this(NativePath path)
	{
		auto json = jsonFromFile(path);
		deserialize(json);
		m_dirty = false;
		m_bare = false;
	}

	/// Returns a list of names for all packages that have a version selection.
	@property string[] selectedPackages() const { return m_selections.keys; }

	/// Determines if any changes have been made after loading the selections from a file.
	@property bool dirty() const { return m_dirty; }

	/// Determine if this set of selections is still empty (but not `clear`ed).
	@property bool bare() const { return m_bare && !m_dirty; }

	/// Removes all selections.
	void clear()
	{
		m_selections = null;
		m_dirty = true;
	}

	/// Duplicates the set of selected versions from another instance.
	void set(SelectedVersions versions)
	{
		m_selections = versions.m_selections.dup;
		m_dirty = true;
	}

	/// Selects a certain version for a specific package.
	void selectVersion(string package_id, Version version_)
	{
		if (auto ps = package_id in m_selections) {
			if (ps.dep == Dependency(version_))
				return;
		}
		m_selections[package_id] = Selected(Dependency(version_)/*, issuer*/);
		m_dirty = true;
	}

	/// Selects a certain path for a specific package.
	void selectVersion(string package_id, NativePath path)
	{
		if (auto ps = package_id in m_selections) {
			if (ps.dep == Dependency(path))
				return;
		}
		m_selections[package_id] = Selected(Dependency(path));
		m_dirty = true;
	}

	/// Removes the selection for a particular package.
	void deselectVersion(string package_id)
	{
		m_selections.remove(package_id);
		m_dirty = true;
	}

	/// Determines if a particular package has a selection set.
	bool hasSelectedVersion(string packageId)
	const {
		return (packageId in m_selections) !is null;
	}

	/** Returns the selection for a particular package.

		Note that the returned `Dependency` can either have the
		`Dependency.path` property set to a non-empty value, in which case this
		is a path based selection, or its `Dependency.version_` property is
		valid and it is a version selection.
	*/
	Dependency getSelectedVersion(string packageId)
	const {
		enforce(hasSelectedVersion(packageId));
		return m_selections[packageId].dep;
	}

	/** Stores the selections to disk.

		The target file will be written in JSON format. Usually, `defaultFile`
		should be used as the file name and the directory should be the root
		directory of the project's root package.
	*/
	void save(NativePath path)
	{
		Json json = serialize();
		auto file = openFile(path, FileMode.createTrunc);
		scope(exit) file.close();

		assert(json.type == Json.Type.object);
		assert(json.length == 2);
		assert(json["versions"].type != Json.Type.undefined);

		file.write("{\n\t\"fileVersion\": ");
		file.writeJsonString(json["fileVersion"]);
		file.write(",\n\t\"versions\": {");
		auto vers = json["versions"].get!(Json[string]);
		bool first = true;
		foreach (k; vers.byKey.array.sort()) {
			if (!first) file.write(",");
			else first = false;
			file.write("\n\t\t");
			file.writeJsonString(Json(k));
			file.write(": ");
			file.writeJsonString(vers[k]);
		}
		file.write("\n\t}\n}\n");
		m_dirty = false;
		m_bare = false;
	}

	static Json dependencyToJson(Dependency d)
	{
		if (d.path.empty) return Json(d.version_.toString());
		else return serializeToJson(["path": d.path.toString()]);
	}

	static Dependency dependencyFromJson(Json j)
	{
		if (j.type == Json.Type..string)
			return Dependency(Version(j.get!string));
		else if (j.type == Json.Type.object)
			return Dependency(NativePath(j["path"].get!string));
		else throw new Exception(format("Unexpected type for dependency: %s", j.type));
	}

	Json serialize()
	const {
		Json json = serializeToJson(m_selections);
		Json serialized = Json.emptyObject;
		serialized["fileVersion"] = FileVersion;
		serialized["versions"] = Json.emptyObject;
		foreach (p, v; m_selections)
			serialized["versions"][p] = dependencyToJson(v.dep);
		return serialized;
	}

	private void deserialize(Json json)
	{
		enforce(cast(int)json["fileVersion"] == FileVersion, "Mismatched dub.select.json version: " ~ to!string(cast(int)json["fileVersion"]) ~ "vs. " ~to!string(FileVersion));
		clear();
		scope(failure) clear();
		foreach (string p, v; json["versions"])
			m_selections[p] = Selected(dependencyFromJson(v));
	}
}