Tag Archives: runfiles

The Mixed-Up Directories of Mrs. Bazel E. Frankweiler

Bazel has several directory trees that it uses during a build. Sources The most obvious directory is the source tree where your code lives and where you run your builds. This is, by default, what Bazel uses for source files. However, you can combine several source trees by using the –package_path option. This basically overlaysContinue reading “The Mixed-Up Directories of Mrs. Bazel E. Frankweiler”

Collecting transitive runfiles with skylark

Bazel has a concept it calls runfiles for files that a binary uses during execution. For example, a binary might need to read in a CSV, an ssh key, or a .json file. These files are generally specified separately from your sources for a couple of reasons: Bazel can understand that it is a runtime,Continue reading “Collecting transitive runfiles with skylark”