When a commandbox module is installed as a system module, it installs a dependency underneath it.
Even though a dependency is listed as a dependency in the box.json and the moduleConfig.cfc… CommandBox will error when trying to load the parent module if that other module is not installed at the top level of system components, or in the actual folder when you are starting the commandbox cli in.

If i manually install the module at the top level of the system modules, it works,

if I rely on the module looking in its own dependencies, I get this error even though it is installed there

Module [commandbox-migrations] failed to load! Check the logs for more info ( system-log | open ).

Cannot activate module: sqlFormatter
The module has not been registered, register the module first and then activate it.
D:\www\__bin\CommandBoxFiles\cfml\system\services\ModuleService.cfc:414

The sqlformatter was the same version in both locations.

So I guess CommandBox's module loader needs love?

I am running 6.1.0+00813

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