feat: chdir_binary is an sh_binary that wraps a tool and does a cd first #251
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| def chdir_binary(name, binary, chdir = "$BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY", **kwargs): | |||
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put this in chdir_binary.bzl instead?
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as a new public API entrypoint, or in private/chdir_binary.bzl and exposed in paths.bzl?
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prefer a new public API since paths is currently just small utility functions. more entry points the better for bazel-lib IMO since it is a utility library and it makes the docs easier to navigate on the left navbar
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| def chdir_binary(name, binary, chdir = "$BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY", **kwargs): |
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nit: I'm wondering if the BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY is intuitive. Most Bazel users are accustomed to binaries running either in the execroot or the runfiles root. I feel like defaulting to the source tree could confuse some people.
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yeah I agree, also at the use site it's better to make this value explicit.
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@kormide WDYT about naming the new rule |
Yeah not having to wrap a binary several times sounds like a better DX. So long as most things we need to wrap can be accomplished by just adding one attribute to the macro and they are generally mutually exclusive. |
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The more I think about it, the more I can see how an "everything" macro could get out of hand. I think I'm going to change my opinion here and vote for small functions. Users can macroize several of them together if they need to. |
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I struggled to deal with the fact that binary |
I can take it over. |
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Converted to a draft until this work is prioritized. |
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Dropping this since it's so stale and evidently not important enough that I had to come back to it. |
As far as I know, java_binary still can't be directly
bazel runso that it starts in the working directory, and Java makes it nearly impossible to change the working directory of the JVM. @shs96c can correct me I'm sure.