case ( ee.buildOptsCLI.onlyConfigure
             , ee.buildOptsCLI.initialBuildSteps && taskIsTarget task
             ) of
          ...
          (_, True) | null ac.downstream || installedMapHasThisPkg -> do
            initialBuildSteps cabal announce
...
 where
  ...
  initialBuildSteps cabal announce = do
    announce ("initial-build-steps" <> display annSuffix)
    cabal KeepTHLoading ["repl", "stack-initial-build-steps"]

ghciCmd ghciOpts =
  let boptsCLI = defaultBuildOptsCLI
        { ...
        , initialBuildSteps = True
        ...
        }
  in  withConfig YesReexec $ withEnvConfig AllowNoTargets boptsCLI $ do
        bopts <- view buildOptsL
        -- override env so running of tests and benchmarks is disabled
        let boptsLocal = bopts
              { testOpts = bopts.testOpts { TestOpts.disableRun = True }
              , benchmarkOpts =
                  bopts.benchmarkOpts { BenchmarkOpts.disableRun = True }
              }
        local (set buildOptsL boptsLocal) (ghci ghciOpts)

-- | Launch a GHCi session for the given project package targets with the given
-- options and configure it with the load paths and extensions of those targets.
ghci :: HasEnvConfig env => GhciOpts -> RIO env ()
ghci opts = do
  ...  
  -- Build required dependencies and setup project packages.
  buildDepsAndInitialSteps opts $
    concatMap (\(pn, (_, t)) -> pkgTargets pn t) localTargets
  ...
  -- Finally, do the invocation of ghci
  runGhci
    opts
    localTargets
    mainFile
    pkgs
    (maybe [] snd mfileTargets)
    (nonLocalTargets ++ addPkgs)
    relevantDependencies