If it is supported by the cloned project (that is, if it supports SBT and is configured for publication in the repository), you can publish it locally with the sbt command sbt publish-local, For example:
cd ~/code/scala/otherlib
sbt publish-local
Ivy ( ~/.ivy2/local). , , otherlib.
, Ivy, otherlib SBT, SBT ( , ID, , ..). , :
libraryDependencies += "com.some_company" % "otherlib" % "1.0.0"
build.sbt .
, , otherlib Ivy ( ) .
otherlib SBT , , , .jar /lib (~/code/scala/myProgram/lib) .