query for tags doesn't read through alias

[alexeagle]

I thought it would be clever to improve ergonomics like this:

BUILD

alias(name = "devserver", actual = "//src:devserver")

src/BUILD

my_rule(name = "devserver", tags=["ibazel_live_reload", "ibazel_notify_changes"])

but if I now ibazel run :devserver it doesn't recognize the tags.

/cc @gregmagolan

[achew22]

Is the expectation that ibazel would detect that it is a rule of type alias and then requery the actual or do you think this is a bug in the blaze query command?

[alexeagle]

I'm not sure - I've observed alias doing less than I would like in other situations too, so I would guess Bazel says this is WAI.

[achew22]

Agreed.

bazelbuild/bazel#4205

[achew22]

I think this is an issue with Bazel, not us. If you think there is more to do please reopen.