Merge pull request #1291 from VirtusLab/stable

Back port of documentation changes to main

website/docs/guides/dependencies.md

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-# Dependencies
+# Managing dependencies
+
+## Dependency syntax
+
+Dependencies are declared in Scala CLI according to the following format:
+
+```text
+groupID:artifactID:revision
+```
+
+This is similar to how you declare dependencies in SBT with the `%` character.
+For example:
+
+```text
+org.scala-lang.modules:scala-parallel-collections_2.13:1.0.4
+```
+
+You can also skip explicitly stating the Scala version in the artifact name by repeating the `:` character after
+the `groupID` (similarly to how you can do the same with `%%` in SBT). This is just a shortcut, Scala CLI will still add
+the Scala version for you when fetching the dependency. Also, this only applies to Scala dependencies.
+
+```text
+org.scala-lang.modules::scala-parallel-collections:1.0.4
+```
+
+Java and other non-scala dependencies follow the same syntax (without the `::` for implicit Scala version, of course).
+For example:
+```text
+org.postgresql:postgresql:42.2.8
+```
+
+## Specifying dependencies from the command line
 
 You can add dependencies on the command line, with the `--dependency` option:
+
 ```bash
 scala-cli compile Hello.scala \
   --dependency org.scala-lang.modules::scala-parallel-collections:1.0.4
 ```
 
 You can also add a URL fallback for a JAR dependency, if it can't be fetched otherwise:
+
 ```bash
 scala-cli compile Hello.scala \
   -- dependency "org::name::version,url=https://url-to-the-jar"
 ```
 
-Note that `--dependency` is only meant as a convenience.
-You should favor adding dependencies in the sources themselves via [using directives](/docs/guides/configuration.md#special-imports).
-<!-- TODO #344 
-However, `--dependency` CLI option takes precedence over `using` directives, so it can be used to override the `using` directive, such as when you want to work with a different dependency version. -->
+Note that `--dependency` is only meant as a convenience. You should favor adding dependencies in the sources themselves
+via [using directives](/docs/guides/configuration.md#special-imports). However, the `--dependency` CLI option takes
+precedence over `using` directives, so it can be used to override a `using` directive, such as when you want to work
+with a different dependency version.
 
 You can also add repositories on the command-line, via `--repository`:
+
 ```bash
 scala-cli compile Hello.scala \
   --dependency com.pany::util:33.1.0 --repo https://artifacts.pany.com/maven
 ```
 
 Lastly, you can also add simple JAR files as dependencies with `--jar`:
+
 ```bash
 scala-cli compile Hello.scala --jar /path/to/library.jar
 ```
 
-## Update dependencies
+## Updating dependencies
 
-To check if dependencies in using directives are up to date use `dependency-update` command:
+To check if dependencies in using directives are up-to-date, use `dependency-update` command:
 
 ```scala title=Hello.scala
 //> using lib "com.lihaoyi::os-lib:0.7.8"