How to "integrate" another not-pip-dependencies manager in hatch?

[gri38]

Hi there,

First off, congratulations on the amazing project! I've started using Hatch in my workflows, and it fills several gaps I experienced with Pipenv—great work!

I'm using Hatch with a standard default environment (type="virtual") and would like to extend its functionality to retrieve artifacts from Artifactory, not just Python packages. For example, I may need to fetch a zip file containing a front-end for a FastAPI app or test data for Pytest.

I already have a tool (arti_resolve) that fetches these artifacts based on a dependency file (artifactory.deps) in the project root. Here's what I'd like to achieve:

1. When the environment is created:

• Python dependencies are installed.
• Artifactory artifacts are fetched (arti_resolve).

2. When dependencies change:

• Python packages are updated (already supported).
• Artifactory artifacts are updated when artifactory.deps changes.

I'm implementing an EnvironmentInterface plugin, inheriting from VirtualEnvironment. I’ve managed to handle:

• install_project
• install_project_dev_mode
• dependencies_in_sync
• sync_dependencies

However, dependencies_in_sync is only triggered when Python dependencies change. How can I also check for changes in artifactory.deps and invoke the sync logic, something like:

if not env.dependencies_in_sync():
    env.sync_dependencies()

Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if anything needs clarification—thanks in advance!