Why does sbt compile fail with StackOverflowError?

Question

I am working on a Scala project that has been in existence for a few years but is new to me. My task is to upgrade it from Scala 2.9.3 to 2.11.7, along with its dependencies. I

Answer 1

I too run into this problem recently and I discovered a working solution for it with sbt 1.3.13.

1. create a .sbtopts file under project root
2. add -J-Xss100M (or any thread stack size you think suitable) to the .sbtopts file