dep can now search for modules as long as it's provided with a prefix

lua/dep.lua

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ end
 -- basically the main function of our program
 ---@param opts speclist
 return function(opts)
+  M.config_path = debug.getinfo(2, "S").source:sub(2)
   logger.pipe = logger:setup()
   bench:setup()
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ return function(opts)
 
       -- setup all packages and modules
       if opts.modules then
-        modules:setup(opts)
+        modules:setup(opts, nil, M.config_path)
       end
       packager.register_speclist(opts)
 

lua/dep/modules/init.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local h = require('dep.helpers')
+local logger = require('dep.log')
 local module = require("dep.modules.module")
 
 ---@class modules
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ local modules = {}
 ---@param overrides spec? overrides
 ---@return modules modules manager
 ---@nodisacard
-function modules:setup(speclist, overrides)
+function modules:setup(speclist, overrides, config_path)
   overrides = overrides or {}
 
   local o = {}
@@ -21,6 +23,49 @@ function modules:setup(speclist, overrides)
   -- create a list of modules
   o.modules = {}
 
+  if (speclist.modules[1] == "*" or #speclist.modules == 0)
+    and speclist.modules.prefix then
+
+    local path = vim.fs.joinpath(config_path:gsub("[^/]*$", ""),
+      "lua", (speclist.modules.prefix:gsub("%.", "/"))
+    )
+
+    h.uv.fs_scandir(path, function(err, handle)
+      if err then
+        logger:log("error", "failed to load modules; reason: %s", err)
+      else
+        while handle do
+          local name = h.uv.fs_scandir_next(handle)
+          if name then
+            -- skip non-lua files
+            if name:sub(#name - 3) ~= ".lua" then
+              goto continue
+            end
+
+            -- remove the file extension from the name so that lua doesn't fail
+            -- when attempting to load it
+            name = name:sub(0, #name - 4)
+
+            -- attempt to load the module
+            local mod = module.new(nil, name, speclist.modules.prefix, overrides)
+            if not mod then
+              goto continue
+            end
+
+            table.insert(o.modules, mod)
+            ::continue::
+          elseif name == nil then
+            -- no more entries
+            break
+          else
+            -- if there's a single error bail out
+            logger:log("error", "failed to run clean uv.fs_scandir_next failed")
+            return
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end)
+  else
     -- loop through all modules and initialize them
     for _, modpath in ipairs(speclist.modules) do
       local mod = module.new(nil, modpath, speclist.modules.prefix, overrides)
@@ -31,6 +76,7 @@ function modules:setup(speclist, overrides)
       table.insert(o.modules, mod)
       ::continue::
     end
+  end
 
   return self
 end