Support setting MIX_TARGET (#299)

For #248

This allows you to set MIX_TARGET in a config and have it used in Elixir versions >= 1.8

This is most often used with Nerves and removes a lot of compilation errors in repos
relying on a target to be set

Author: jjcarstens

apps/language_server/lib/language_server/build.ex

@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ defmodule ElixirLS.LanguageServer.Build do
         with_build_lock(fn ->
           {us, _} =
             :timer.tc(fn ->
-              IO.puts("Compiling with Mix env #{Mix.env()}")
+              IO.puts("MIX_ENV: #{Mix.env()}")
+
+              if function_exported?(Mix, :target, 0) do
+                # Even though we know we have the function here,
+                # Compilation will fail calling Mix.target/0 directly
+                # since Elixir 1.7 is used to compile - So we get around
+                # that with apply/3
+                IO.puts("MIX_TARGET: #{apply(Mix, :target, [])}")
+              end
 
               prev_deps = cached_deps()
               :ok = Mix.Project.clear_deps_cache()

apps/language_server/lib/language_server/server.ex

@@ -748,11 +748,13 @@ defmodule ElixirLS.LanguageServer.Server do
       Dialyzer.check_support() == :ok && Map.get(settings, "dialyzerEnabled", true)
 
     mix_env = Map.get(settings, "mixEnv", "test")
+    mix_target = Map.get(settings, "mixTarget")
     project_dir = Map.get(settings, "projectDir")
 
     state =
       state
       |> set_mix_env(mix_env)
+      |> maybe_set_mix_target(mix_target)
       |> set_project_dir(project_dir)
       |> set_dialyzer_enabled(enable_dialyzer)
 
@@ -787,6 +789,38 @@ defmodule ElixirLS.LanguageServer.Server do
     state
   end
 
+  defp maybe_set_mix_target(state, nil), do: state
+
+  defp maybe_set_mix_target(state, target) do
+    if Version.match?(System.version(), ">= 1.8.0") do
+      set_mix_target(state, target)
+    else
+      JsonRpc.show_message(
+        :warning,
+        "MIX_TARGET was set, but it requires Elixir >= 1.8.0. This setting will be ignored"
+      )
+
+      state
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp set_mix_target(state, target) do
+    target = target || "host"
+
+    prev_target = state.settings["mixTarget"]
+
+    if is_nil(prev_target) or target == prev_target do
+      # We've already checked for Elixir >= 1.8.0 by this point
+      # but compilation will fail if we just call Mix.target/0
+      # so we get around that via apply/3
+      apply(Mix, :target, [String.to_atom(target)])
+    else
+      JsonRpc.show_message(:warning, "You must restart ElixirLS after changing Mix target")
+    end
+
+    state
+  end
+
   defp set_project_dir(%{project_dir: prev_project_dir, root_uri: root_uri} = state, project_dir)
        when is_binary(root_uri) do
     root_dir = SourceFile.path_from_uri(root_uri)