rockspec: Possibility to recursively install pure Lua modules from a specific directory ?

[ImagicTheCat]

Hi,

For pure Lua modules with lot of files/sub-directories, where the directory structure (sanely) matches the Lua modules structure, writing manually every single file path is redundant and error prone (ex: projects forgetting to make revisions of scm rockspecs after adding/removing/renaming files).

I saw that the lua directory will be copied where the modules are copied, but it's forcing projects to have a specific structure for Luarocks and it's implicit, not very clear (it may even be an issue if there is a lua directory not intended to Luarocks).

Is it already possible from the rockspec in a non-straightforward way ? I couldn't find what I want from the doc.

Why not adding a syntax for installing recursively from a directory which contains directories/modules ?

Ex:

lua_modules_root = "src/"

Or more versatile:

lua_directories= {
  [""] = "src/", -- root
  MyModule = "src/", -- all prefixed by "MyModule"
  ["MyModule.Extensions"] = "src/" -- all prefixed by "MyModule.Extensions"
  -- etc
}