look for .haxelib recursively up along the dir tree

closes #292

src/haxelib/client/Main.hx

@@ -1160,12 +1160,30 @@ class Main {
 	}
 
 	function getRepository():String {
-		if (!settings.global && FileSystem.exists(REPODIR) && FileSystem.isDirectory(REPODIR))
-			return Path.addTrailingSlash(FileSystem.fullPath(REPODIR));
+		if (!settings.global)
+			return switch getLocalRepository() {
+				case null: getGlobalRepository();
+				case repo: Path.addTrailingSlash(FileSystem.fullPath(repo));
+			}
 		else
 			return getGlobalRepository();
 	}
 
+	function getLocalRepository():Null<String> {
+		function lookup(path:Path):Null<String> {
+			var repo = path.toString() + '/' + REPODIR;
+			trace(repo);
+			if(FileSystem.exists(repo) && FileSystem.isDirectory(repo)) {
+				return repo;
+			} else {
+				var dir = path.dir;
+				return dir == null ? null : lookup(new Path(dir));
+			}
+		}
+
+		return lookup(new Path(Path.removeTrailingSlashes(Sys.getCwd())));
+	}
+
 	function getGlobalRepository():String {
 		var rep = getGlobalRepositoryPath(true);
 		if (!FileSystem.exists(rep))

www/documentation-files/per-project-setup.md

@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ Currently haxelib has two ways to have project local setups.
 
 ### Using haxelib newrepo
 
-When using `haxelib newrepo` you can have a project-local haxelib repository. 
+When using `haxelib newrepo` you can have a project-local haxelib repository.
 
 Caveats:
 
 - libraries get downloaded for each project
-- if you mistakenly run a haxelib command in a subdirectory of your project, it will be executed on the global repo ([to be fixed](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxelib/issues/292))
 
 ### Using haxelib install all
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Advantages:
 
 #### Using haxelib with git versions
 
-You can specify git versions with `--library libname:git:https://github.com/user/repo#branch` branch can be a branch or a specific commit SHA. 
+You can specify git versions with `--library libname:git:https://github.com/user/repo#branch` branch can be a branch or a specific commit SHA.
 As alternative, you might use git submodules instead, they also provide an adequate way of definining a *versionable* and *replicable* state.
 
 ### Combining both approaches