cider-jack-in doesn't start in the namespace specified by :init-ns

[john2x]

I have :repl-options {:init-ns myproject.repl} specified in my project.clj, but when I do a cider-jack-in, it always starts in the default user namespace. Switching to it manually via (in-ns 'myproject.repl) afterwards normally.

Running $ lein repl works as expected.

I'm using latest version of cider (via MELPA), cider-nrepl 0.8.0-SNAPSHOT, leiningen 2.4.3.

[bbatsov]

I'm aware of this, but there's no good way to get the initial namespace on startup currently. See this nREPL ticket http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/NREPL-64

[vspinu]

How about sending a dummy "\n" to the process as a workaround. I am doing this manually anyways.

[bbatsov]

Using two callbacks is also an option, but this is a feature with little value which I'd rather not have until we can implement it properly. When the issue I referenced gets resolved this will be trivial; there's little point in writing crappy temporary workarounds - we should always try to solve the real problems.

[mattdeboard]

Out of curiosity, when did this break? It worked fine in v0.7.0.

[bbatsov]

@mattdeboard I removed this at some point after 0.7 was released, because I didn't like the way in which we retrieved the default namespace.

[pandeiro]

It was also a little buggy: sometimes you needed to send input to the cider buffer first before the :init-ns showed up.

But I don't think this is a feature with little value -- every single one of my projects these days has a specific REPL ns and having to do (in-ns 'myapp.repl) every time a repl starts is a drag.

[vspinu]

having to do (in-ns 'myapp.repl) every time a repl starts is a drag.

C-c M-n in REPL buffer.

[pandeiro]

Nice, thanks @Vitoshka, that helps but one still has to type (part of) the ns. Starting at :init-ns would be better.

[bbatsov]

I've added the feature back. While the current implementation is not perfect it'll have to do until NREPL-64 is fixed.