Question

For example, I need to do some pre-processing of source files before compiling. How do I ensure that sbt always runs this task before compile if compile was requested?

Answer 1

Here’s what I do to make sure my tests are run before I publish locally:

publishLocal <<= publishLocal dependsOn (test in Test)

For you I think you’d need something like

compile <<= compile dependsOn (myTask in myContext)