Running sbt with the '-java-home' option fails

[dubaut]

steps

sbt version: 1.2.8

problem

As suggested by @eed3si9n in the (closed) issue 4766 I tried to run sbt with the -java-home option but it failed with the following error:

[error] Expected symbol
[error] Not a valid command: -
[error] Expected end of input.
[error] Expected '--'
[error] Expected 'debug'
[error] Expected 'info'
[error] Expected 'warn'
[error] Expected 'error'
[error] Expected 'addPluginSbtFile'
[error] -java-home
[error]  ^

expectation

sbt compiles against the specified JDK.

notes

• Windows 10 Professional

[eed3si9n]

Thanks for the report. It looks like a missing feature in Windows batch file.
Would you consider sending us a PR to fix this?
https://github.com/sbt/sbt-launcher-package/blob/master/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat

[dubaut]

I'd love to but I am afraid I do not know CMD scripting.

[virpara]

@eed3si9n I'd like to send PR for this fix. I should submit PR against the repository sbt/sbt-launcher-package, right ?

[eed3si9n]

@virpara Yes, please.

[gladiac]

@dubaut I already implemented the missing functionality in my fix-sbt-bat branch. Could you please check it out at https://github.com/gladiac1337/sbt-launcher-package/tree/fix-sbt-bat and test it? I already created PR sbt/sbt-launcher-package#272 .