Why does remote_tags have to be a file?

[grepwood]

In my use case, it would be 100x easier if an array/tuple of strings and Bazel labels were accepted instead. I now find myself having to write the namespace into a separate file to make the dots connect.

[thesayyn]

It doesn't have to be if you use the oci_push macro instead of oci_push_rule.

https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_oci/blob/main/docs/push.md#oci_push automatically creates the file for you based on tags you provide as an array, and, it'll create the file for you.