Git dependencies are not shared

[mitchellwrosen]

I have a custom snapshot defined with some git-hosted dependencies, and they are cloned anew in each project that shares the snapshot. I think this has always been the case - that is, stack has never bothered to check if a particular git repo + commit has already been fetched in some project somewhere - but with the new custom snapshot feature, it seems like .stack-work/downloaded is no longer the proper home for these packages.

[mgsloan]

Thanks for the report! Indeed, this is a known issue #3551 - would be good to get it resolved. Will be particularly crucial once #1265 is implemented.

[mitchellwrosen]

Ah! Apologies, I scanned the existing issues but didn't see a match.

[mgsloan]

No worries! My initial search didn't turn it up either, but I knew it was there so I dug a little