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Cuthbert
Cuthbert

Reputation: 1322

Referencing local package from external package

What label can be used to reference a local package from an external package's BUILD file?

Say I have package A, which is my top level package. In the WORKSPACE file of package A, I grab external package B, which I use the build_file argument to overlay a BUILD.bazel file onto.

A's cc_library rule does not actually depend on B. The A.Tests rule, depends on A and on B. B has a dependency on A as well.

In the BUILD file that I defined for B, how do I reference A? No labels seemed to work. Is this possible?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 232

Answers (2)

Cuthbert
Cuthbert

Reputation: 1322

Inside of B's BUILD file (specified with the build_file argument), I can reference A via this label: @//<path_to_A>

Upvotes: 0

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Reputation: 4271

If A.Tests depends on B (and A), and B also depends on A, why are A and B separate?

To answer your question, you need to create a third workspace C, declare both A and B as external workspaces, then A's targets can reference @B//x:y and B's targets can reference @A//z:w.

Upvotes: 1

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