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     1  Gazelle build file generator
     2  ============================
     3  
     4  .. All external links are here
     5  .. _Architecture of Gazelle: Design.rst
     6  .. _Repository rules: repository.rst
     7  .. _go_repository: repository.rst#go_repository
     8  .. _git_repository: repository.rst#git_repository
     9  .. _http_archive: repository.rst#http_archive
    10  .. _Gazelle in rules_go: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/tree/master/go/tools/gazelle
    11  .. _fix: #fix-and-update
    12  .. _update: #fix-and-update
    13  .. _Avoiding conflicts with proto rules: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/blob/master/proto/core.rst#avoiding-conflicts
    14  
    15  .. role:: cmd(code)
    16  .. role:: flag(code)
    17  .. role:: direc(code)
    18  .. role:: param(kbd)
    19  .. role:: type(emphasis)
    20  .. role:: value(code)
    21  .. |mandatory| replace:: **mandatory value**
    22  .. End of directives
    23  
    24  Gazelle is a build file generator for Go projects. It can create new
    25  BUILD.bazel files for a project that follows "go build" conventions, and it
    26  can update existing build files to include new files and options. Gazelle can
    27  be invoked directly in a project workspace, or it can be run on an external
    28  repository during the build as part of the `go_repository`_ rule.
    29  
    30  *Gazelle is under active development. Its interface and the rules it generates
    31  may change. Gazelle is not an official Google product.*
    32  
    33  .. contents:: **Contents** 
    34    :depth: 2
    35  
    36  **See also:**
    37  
    38  * `Architecture of Gazelle`_
    39  * `Repository rules`_
    40  
    41    * `go_repository`_
    42    * `git_repository`_
    43    * `http_archive`_
    44  
    45  * `Avoiding conflicts with proto rules`_
    46  
    47  Setup
    48  -----
    49  
    50  Running Gazelle with Bazel
    51  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    52  
    53  To use Gazelle in a new project, add the ``bazel_gazelle`` repository and its
    54  dependencies to your WORKSPACE file before ``go_rules_dependencies`` is called.
    55  It should look like this:
    56  
    57  .. code:: bzl
    58  
    59      load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
    60      http_archive(
    61          name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
    62          urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.13.0/rules_go-0.13.0.tar.gz"],
    63          sha256 = "ba79c532ac400cefd1859cbc8a9829346aa69e3b99482cd5a54432092cbc3933",
    64      )
    65      http_archive(
    66          name = "bazel_gazelle",
    67          urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/0.13.0/bazel-gazelle-0.13.0.tar.gz"],
    68          sha256 = "bc653d3e058964a5a26dcad02b6c72d7d63e6bb88d94704990b908a1445b8758",
    69      )
    70      load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
    71      go_rules_dependencies()
    72      go_register_toolchains()
    73      load("@bazel_gazelle//:deps.bzl", "gazelle_dependencies")
    74      gazelle_dependencies()
    75        
    76  Add the code below to the BUILD or BUILD.bazel file in the root directory
    77  of your repository. Replace the string after ``prefix`` with the portion of
    78  your import path that corresponds to your repository.
    79  
    80  .. code:: bzl
    81    
    82    load("@bazel_gazelle//:def.bzl", "gazelle")
    83  
    84    # gazelle:prefix github.com/example/project
    85    gazelle(name = "gazelle")
    86  
    87  After adding this code, you can run Gazelle with Bazel.
    88  
    89  .. code::
    90  
    91    $ bazel run //:gazelle
    92  
    93  This will generate new BUILD.bazel files for your project. You can run the same
    94  command in the future to update existing BUILD.bazel files to include new source
    95  files or options.
    96  
    97  You can pass additional arguments to Gazelle after a ``--`` argument. This
    98  can be used to run alternate commands like ``update-repos`` that the ``gazelle``
    99  rule cannot run directly.
   100  
   101  .. code::
   102  
   103    $ bazel run //:gazelle -- update-repos -from_file=Gopkg.lock
   104  
   105  Running Gazelle with Go
   106  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   107  
   108  If you have a Go SDK installed, you can install Gazelle in your ``GOPATH`` with
   109  the command below:
   110  
   111  .. code::
   112  
   113    go get -u github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle
   114  
   115  Make sure to re-run this command to upgrade Gazelle whenever you upgrade
   116  rules_go in your repository.
   117  
   118  To generate BUILD.bazel files in a new project, run the command below, replacing
   119  the prefix with the portion of your import path that corresponds to your
   120  repository.
   121  
   122  .. code::
   123  
   124    gazelle -go_prefix github.com/my/project
   125  
   126  Compatibility
   127  -------------
   128  
   129  Gazelle generates build files that require a minimum version of ``rules_go``
   130  to build. Check the table below to ensure that you're using compatible versions.
   131  
   132  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   133  | **Gazelle version** | **Minimum rules_go version** | **Maximum rules_go version** |
   134  +=====================+==============================+==============================+
   135  | 0.8                 | 0.8.0                        | n/a                          |
   136  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   137  | 0.9                 | 0.9.0                        | n/a                          |
   138  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   139  | 0.10.0              | 0.9.0                        | 0.11.0                       |
   140  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   141  | 0.11.0              | 0.11.0                       | n/a                          |
   142  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   143  | 0.12.0              | 0.11.0                       | n/a                          |
   144  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   145  | 0.13.0              | 0.13.0                       | n/a                          |
   146  +---------------------+------------------------------+------------------------------+
   147  
   148  Usage
   149  -----
   150  
   151  Command line
   152  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
   153  
   154  .. code::
   155  
   156    gazelle <command> [flags...] [package-dirs...]
   157  
   158  The first argument to Gazelle may be one of the commands below. If no command
   159  is specified, ``update`` is assumed. The remaining arguments are specific
   160  to each command and are documented below.
   161  
   162  update_
   163    Scans sources files, then generates and updates build files.
   164  
   165  fix_
   166    Same as the ``update`` command, but it also fixes deprecated usage of rules.
   167  
   168  update-repos_
   169    Adds and updates repository rules in the WORKSPACE file.
   170  
   171  Bazel rule
   172  ~~~~~~~~~~
   173  
   174  Gazelle may be run via a rule. See `Running Gazelle with Bazel`_ for setup
   175  instructions. This rule builds Gazelle and generates a wrapper script that
   176  executes Gazelle with baked-in set of arguments. You can run this script
   177  with ``bazel run``, or you can copy it into your workspace and run it directly.
   178  
   179  The following attributes are available on the ``gazelle`` rule.
   180  
   181  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   182  | **Name**             | **Type**            | **Default value**                    |
   183  +======================+=====================+======================================+
   184  | :param:`gazelle`     | :type:`label`       | :value:`@bazel_gazelle//cmd/gazelle` |
   185  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   186  | The ``go_binary`` rule that builds Gazelle. You can substitute a modified         |
   187  | version of Gazelle with this.                                                     |
   188  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   189  | :param:`external`    | :type:`string`      | :value:`external`                    |
   190  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   191  | The method for resolving unknown imports to Bazel dependencies. May be            |
   192  | :value:`external` or :value:`vendored`.                                           |
   193  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   194  | :param:`build_tags`  | :type:`string_list` | :value:`[]`                          |
   195  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   196  | The last of Go build tags that Gazelle should consider to always be true.         |
   197  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   198  | :param:`prefix`      | :type:`string`      | :value:`""`                          |
   199  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   200  | The import path that corresponds to the repository root directory.                |
   201  |                                                                                   |
   202  | Note: It's usually better to write a directive like                               |
   203  | ``# gazelle:prefix example.com/repo`` in your build file instead of setting       |
   204  | this attribute.                                                                   |
   205  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   206  | :param:`extra_args`  | :type:`string_list` | :value:`[]`                          |
   207  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   208  | A list of extra command line arguments passed to Gazelle.                         |
   209  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   210  | :param:`command`     | :type:`string`      | :value:`update`                      |
   211  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   212  | The Gazelle command to use. May be :value:`fix` or :value:`update`. To run        |
   213  | a different command, e.g., :value:`update-repos`, you'll need to copy the         |
   214  | invoke the generated wrapper script directly with explicit arguments.             |
   215  +----------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
   216  
   217  ``fix`` and ``update``
   218  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   219  
   220  The ``update`` command is the most common way of running Gazelle. Gazelle will
   221  scan sources in directories throughout the repository, then create and update
   222  build files.
   223  
   224  The ``fix`` command does everything ``update`` does, but it also fixes
   225  deprecated usage of rules, analogous to ``go fix``. For example, ``cgo_library``
   226  will be consolidated with ``go_library``. This command may delete or rename
   227  rules, so it's not on by default. See `Fix command transformations`_
   228  for details.
   229  
   230  Both commands accept a list of directories to process as positional arguments.
   231  If no directories are specified, Gazelle will process the current directory.
   232  Subdirectories will be processed recursively.
   233  
   234  The following flags are accepted:
   235  
   236  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   237  | **Name**                                                     | **Default value**                 |
   238  +==============================================================+===================================+
   239  | :flag:`-build_file_name file1,file2,...`                     | :value:`BUILD.bazel,BUILD`        |
   240  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   241  | Comma-separated list of file names. Gazelle recognizes these files as Bazel                      |
   242  | build files. New files will use the first name in this list. Use this if                         |
   243  | your project contains non-Bazel files named ``BUILD`` (or ``build`` on                           |
   244  | case-insensitive file systems).                                                                  |
   245  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   246  | :flag:`-build_tags tag1,tag2`                                |                                   |
   247  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   248  | List of Go build tags Gazelle will consider to be true. Gazelle applies                          |
   249  | constraints when generating Go rules. It assumes certain tags are true on                        |
   250  | certain platforms (for example, ``amd64,linux``). It assumes all Go release                      |
   251  | tags are true (for example, ``go1.8``). It considers other tags to be false                      |
   252  | (for example, ``ignore``). This flag overrides that behavior.                                    |
   253  |                                                                                                  |
   254  | Bazel may still filter sources with these tags. Use                                              |
   255  | ``bazel build --features gotags=foo,bar`` to set tags at build time.                             |
   256  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   257  | :flag:`-external external|vendored`                          | :value:`external`                 |
   258  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   259  | Determines how Gazelle resolves import paths. May be :value:`external` or                        |
   260  | :value:`vendored`. Gazelle translates Go import paths to Bazel labels when                       |
   261  | resolving library dependencies. Import paths that start with the                                 |
   262  | ``go_prefix`` are resolved to local labels, but other imports                                    |
   263  | are resolved based on this mode. In :value:`external` mode, paths are                            |
   264  | resolved using an external dependency in the WORKSPACE file (Gazelle does                        |
   265  | not create or maintain these dependencies yet). In :value:`vendored` mode,                       |
   266  | paths are resolved to a library in the vendor directory.                                         |
   267  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   268  | :flag:`-go_prefix example.com/repo`                          |                                   |
   269  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   270  | A prefix of import paths for libraries in the repository that corresponds to                     |
   271  | the repository root. Gazelle infers this from the ``go_prefix`` rule in the                      |
   272  | root BUILD.bazel file, if it exists. If not, this option is mandatory.                           |
   273  |                                                                                                  |
   274  | This prefix is used to determine whether an import path refers to a library                      |
   275  | in the current repository or an external dependency.                                             |
   276  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   277  | :flag:`-known_import example.com`                            |                                   |
   278  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   279  | Skips import path resolution for a known domain. May be repeated.                                |
   280  |                                                                                                  |
   281  | When Gazelle resolves an import path to an external dependency, it attempts                      |
   282  | to discover the remote repository root over HTTP. Gazelle skips this                             |
   283  | discovery step for a few well-known domains with predictable structure, like                     |
   284  | golang.org and github.com. This flag specifies additional domains to skip,                       |
   285  | which is useful in situations where the lookup would fail for some reason.                       |
   286  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   287  | :flag:`-mode fix|print|diff`                                 | :value:`fix`                      |
   288  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   289  | Method for emitting merged build files.                                                          |
   290  |                                                                                                  |
   291  | In ``fix`` mode, Gazelle writes generated and merged files to disk. In                           |
   292  | ``print`` mode, it prints them to stdout. In ``diff`` mode, it prints a                          |
   293  | unified diff.                                                                                    |
   294  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   295  | :flag:`-proto default|package|legacy|disable|disable_global` | :value:`default`                  |
   296  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   297  | Determines how Gazelle should generate rules for .proto files. See details                       |
   298  | in `Directives`_ below.                                                                          |
   299  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   300  | :flag:`-proto_group group`                                   | :value:`""`                       |
   301  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   302  | Determines the proto option Gazelle uses to group .proto files into rules                        |
   303  | when in ``package`` mode. See details in `Directives`_ below.                                    |
   304  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   305  | :flag:`-repo_root dir`                                       |                                   |
   306  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   307  | The root directory of the repository. Gazelle normally infers this to be the                     |
   308  | directory containing the WORKSPACE file.                                                         |
   309  |                                                                                                  |
   310  | Gazelle will not process packages outside this directory.                                        |
   311  +--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   312  
   313  ``update-repos``
   314  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   315  
   316  The ``update-repos`` command updates repository rules in the WORKSPACE file.
   317  It can be used to add new repository rules or update existing rules to the 
   318  latest version. It can also import repository rules from a dep Gopkg.lock file.
   319  
   320  .. code:: bash
   321  
   322    # Add or update a repository by import path
   323    $ gazelle update-repos example.com/new/repo
   324  
   325    # Import repositories from Gopkg.lock
   326    $ gazelle update-repos -from_file=Gopkg.lock
   327  
   328  :Note: ``update-repos`` is not directly supported by the ``gazelle`` rule.
   329    You can run it through the ``gazelle`` rule by passing extra arguments after
   330    ``--``. For example:
   331  
   332    .. code::
   333  
   334      $ bazel run //:gazelle -- update-repos example.com/new/repo
   335  
   336  The following flags are accepted:
   337  
   338  +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
   339  | **Name**                     | **Default value**                             |
   340  +==============================+===============================================+
   341  | :flag:`-from_file lock-file` |                                               |
   342  +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
   343  | Import repositories from a vendoring tool's lock file as `go_repository`_    |
   344  | rules. These rules will be added to the bottom of WORKSPACE or merged with   |
   345  | existing rules.                                                              |
   346  |                                                                              |
   347  | The lock file format is inferred from the file's base name. Currently, only  |
   348  | Gopkg.lock is supported.                                                     |
   349  +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
   350  | :flag:`-repo_root dir`       |                                               |
   351  +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
   352  | The root directory of the repository. Gazelle normally infers this to be the |
   353  | directory containing the WORKSPACE file.                                     |
   354  |                                                                              |
   355  | Gazelle will not process packages outside this directory.                    |
   356  +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
   357  
   358  Bazel rule
   359  ~~~~~~~~~~
   360  
   361  When Gazelle is run by Bazel, most of the flags above can be encoded in the
   362  ``gazelle`` rule. For example:
   363  
   364  .. code:: bzl
   365  
   366    load("@bazel_gazelle//:def.bzl", "gazelle")
   367  
   368    gazelle(
   369        name = "gazelle",
   370        command = "fix",
   371        prefix = "github.com/example/project",
   372        external = "vendored",
   373        build_tags = [
   374            "integration",
   375            "debug",
   376        ],
   377        extra_args = [
   378            "-build_file_name",
   379            "BUILD,BUILD.bazel",
   380        ],
   381    )
   382  
   383  Directives
   384  ~~~~~~~~~~
   385  
   386  Gazelle can be configured with *directives*, which are written as top-level
   387  comments in build files. Most options that can be set on the command line
   388  can also be set using directives. Some options can only be set with
   389  directives.
   390  
   391  Directive comments have the form ``# gazelle:key value``. For example:
   392  
   393  .. code:: bzl
   394  
   395    load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
   396  
   397    # gazelle:prefix github.com/example/project
   398    # gazelle:build_file_name BUILD,BUILD.bazel
   399  
   400    go_library(
   401        name = "go_default_library",
   402        srcs = ["example.go"],
   403        importpath = "github.com/example/project",
   404        visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
   405    )
   406  
   407  Directives apply in the directory where they are set *and* in subdirectories.
   408  This means, for example, if you set ``# gazelle:prefix`` in the build file
   409  in your project's root directory, it affects your whole project. If you
   410  set it in a subdirectory, it only affects rules in that subtree.
   411  
   412  The following directives are recognized:
   413  
   414  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   415  | **Directive**                            | **Default value**                 |
   416  +==========================================+===================================+
   417  | :direc:`# gazelle:build_file_name names` | :value:`BUILD.bazel,BUILD`        |
   418  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   419  | Comma-separated list of file names. Gazelle recognizes these files as Bazel  |
   420  | build files. New files will use the first name in this list. Use this if     |
   421  | your project contains non-Bazel files named ``BUILD`` (or ``build`` on       |
   422  | case-insensitive file systems).                                              |
   423  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   424  | :direc:`# gazelle:build_tags foo,bar`    | none                              |
   425  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   426  | List of Go build tags Gazelle will consider to be true. Gazelle applies      |
   427  | constraints when generating Go rules. It assumes certain tags are true on    |
   428  | certain platforms (for example, ``amd64,linux``). It assumes all Go release  |
   429  | tags are true (for example, ``go1.8``). It considers other tags to be false  |
   430  | (for example, ``ignore``). This flag overrides that behavior.                |
   431  |                                                                              |
   432  | Bazel may still filter sources with these tags. Use                          |
   433  | ``bazel build --features gotags=foo,bar`` to set tags at build time.         |
   434  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   435  | :direc:`# gazelle:exclude path`          | n/a                               |
   436  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   437  | Prevents Gazelle from processing a file or directory. If the path refers to  |
   438  | a source file, Gazelle won't include it in any rules. If the path refers to  |
   439  | a directory, Gazelle won't recurse into it. The path may refer to something  |
   440  | withinin a subdirectory, for example, a testdata directory somewhere in a    |
   441  | vendor tree. This directive may be repeated to exclude multiple paths, one   |
   442  | per line.                                                                    |
   443  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   444  | :direc:`# gazelle:ignore`                | n/a                               |
   445  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   446  | Prevents Gazelle from modifying the build file. Gazelle will still read      |
   447  | rules in the build file and may modify build files in subdirectories.        |
   448  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   449  | :direc:`# gazelle:importmap_prefix path` | See below                         |
   450  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   451  | A prefix for ``importmap`` attributes in library rules. Gazelle will set     |
   452  | an ``importmap`` on a ``go_library`` or ``go_proto_library`` by              |
   453  | concatenating this with the relative path from the directory where the       |
   454  | prefix is set to the library. For example, if ``importmap_prefix`` is set    |
   455  | to ``"x/example.com/repo"`` in the build file ``//foo/bar:BUILD.bazel``,     |
   456  | then a library in ``foo/bar/baz`` will have the ``importmap`` of             |
   457  | ``"x/example.com/repo/baz"``.                                                |
   458  |                                                                              |
   459  | ``importmap`` is not set when it matches ``importpath``.                     |
   460  |                                                                              |
   461  | As a special case, when Gazelle enters a directory named ``vendor``, it      |
   462  | sets ``importmap_prefix`` to a string based on the repository name and the   |
   463  | location of the vendor directory. If you wish to override this, you'll need  |
   464  | to set ``importmap_prefix`` explicitly in the vendor directory.              |
   465  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   466  | :direc:`# gazelle:prefix path`           | n/a                               |
   467  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   468  | A prefix for ``importpath`` attributes on library rules. Gazelle will set    |
   469  | an ``importpath`` on a ``go_library`` or ``go_proto_library`` by             |
   470  | concatenating this with the relative path from the directory where the       |
   471  | prefix is set to the library. Most commonly, ``prefix`` is set to the        |
   472  | name of a repository in the root directory of a repository. For example,     |
   473  | in this repository, ``prefix`` is set in ``//:BUILD.bazel`` to               |
   474  | ``github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle``. The ``go_library`` in               |
   475  | ``//cmd/gazelle`` is assigned the ``importpath``                             |
   476  | ``"github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle"``.                       |
   477  |                                                                              |
   478  | As a special case, when Gazelle enters a directory named ``vendor``, it sets |
   479  | ``prefix`` to the empty string. This automatically gives vendored libraries  |
   480  | an intuitive ``importpath``.                                                 |
   481  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   482  | :direc:`# gazelle:proto mode`            | :value:`default`                  |
   483  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   484  | Tells Gazelle how to generate rules for .proto files. Valid values are:      |
   485  |                                                                              |
   486  | * ``default``: ``proto_library``, ``go_proto_library``, and ``go_library``   |
   487  |   rules are generated using ``@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:def.bzl``. Only one  |
   488  |   of each rule may be generated per directory. This is the default mode.     |
   489  | * ``package``: multiple ``proto_library`` and ``go_proto_library`` rules     |
   490  |   may be generated in the same directory. .proto files are grouped into      |
   491  |   rules based on their package name or another option (see ``proto_group``). |
   492  | * ``legacy``: ``filegroup`` rules are generated for use by                   |
   493  |   ``@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:go_proto_library.bzl``. ``go_proto_library``   |
   494  |   rules must be written by hand. Gazelle will run in this mode automatically |
   495  |   if ``go_proto_library.bzl`` is loaded to avoid disrupting existing         |
   496  |   projects, but this can be overridden with a directive.                     |
   497  | * ``disable``: .proto files are ignored. Gazelle will run in this mode       |
   498  |   automatically if ``go_proto_library`` is loaded from any other source,     |
   499  |   but this can be overridden with a directive.                               |
   500  | * ``disable_global``: like ``disable`` mode, but also prevents Gazelle from  |
   501  |   using any special cases in dependency resolution for Well Known Types and  |
   502  |   Google APIs. Useful for avoiding build-time dependencies on protoc.        |
   503  |                                                                              |
   504  | This directive applies to the current directory and subdirectories. As a     |
   505  | special case, when Gazelle enters a directory named ``vendor``, if the proto |
   506  | mode isn't set explicitly in a parent directory or on the command line,      |
   507  | Gazelle will run in ``disable`` mode. Additionally, if the file              |
   508  | ``@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:go_proto_library.bzl`` is loaded, Gazelle        |
   509  | will run in ``legacy`` mode.                                                 |
   510  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   511  | :direc:`# gazelle:proto_group option`    | :value:`""`                       |
   512  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   513  | *This directive is only effective in* ``package`` *mode (see above).*        |
   514  |                                                                              |
   515  | Specifies an option that Gazelle can use to group .proto files into rules.   |
   516  | For example, when set to ``go_package``, .proto files with the same          |
   517  | ``option go_package`` will be grouped together.                              |
   518  |                                                                              |
   519  | When this directive is set to the empty string, Gazelle will group packages  |
   520  | by their proto package statement.                                            |
   521  |                                                                              |
   522  | Rule names are generated based on the last run of identifier characters      |
   523  | in the package name. For example, if the package is ``"foo/bar/baz"``, the   |
   524  | ``proto_library`` rule will be named ``baz_proto``.                          |
   525  +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
   526  
   527  Keep comments
   528  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   529  
   530  In addition to directives, Gazelle supports ``# keep`` comments that protect
   531  parts of build files from being modified. ``# keep`` may be written before
   532  a rule, before an attribute, or after a string within a list.
   533  
   534  Example
   535  ^^^^^^^
   536  
   537  Suppose you have a library that includes a generated .go file. Gazelle won't
   538  know what imports to resolve, so you may need to add dependencies manually with
   539  ``# keep`` comments.
   540  
   541  .. code:: bzl
   542  
   543    load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
   544    load("@com_github_example_gen//:gen.bzl", "gen_go_file")
   545  
   546    gen_go_file(
   547        name = "magic",
   548        srcs = ["magic.go.in"],
   549        outs = ["magic.go"],
   550    )
   551  
   552    go_library(
   553        name = "go_default_library",
   554        srcs = ["magic.go"],
   555        visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
   556        deps = [
   557            "@com_github_example_gen//:go_default_library",  # keep
   558        ],
   559    )
   560  
   561  Fix command transformations
   562  ---------------------------
   563  
   564  Gazelle will generate and update build files when invoked with either
   565  ``gazelle update`` or ``gazelle fix`` (``update`` is the default). Both commands
   566  perform several transformations to fix deprecated usage of the Go rules.
   567  ``update`` performs a safe set of tranformations, while ``fix`` performs some
   568  additional transformations that may delete or rename rules.
   569  
   570  The following transformations are performed:
   571  
   572  **Migrate library to embed (fix and update):** Gazelle replaces ``library``
   573  attributes with ``embed`` attributes.
   574  
   575  **Migrate gRPC compilers (fix and update):** Gazelle converts
   576  ``go_grpc_library`` rules to ``go_proto_library`` rules with
   577  ``compilers = ["@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:go_grpc"]``.
   578  
   579  **Flatten srcs (fix and update):** Gazelle converts ``srcs`` attributes that
   580  use OS and architecture-specific ``select`` expressions to flat lists.
   581  rules_go filters these sources anyway.
   582  
   583  **Squash cgo libraries (fix only)**: Gazelle will remove `cgo_library` rules
   584  named ``cgo_default_library`` and merge their attributes with a ``go_library``
   585  rule in the same package named ``go_default_library``. If no such ``go_library``
   586  rule exists, a new one will be created. Other ``cgo_library`` rules will not be
   587  removed.
   588  
   589  **Squash external tests (fix only)**: Gazelle will squash ``go_test`` rules
   590  named ``go_default_xtest`` into ``go_default_test``. Earlier versions of
   591  rules_go required internal and external tests to be built separately, but
   592  this is no longer needed.
   593  
   594  **Remove legacy protos (fix only)**: Gazelle will remove usage of
   595  ``go_proto_library`` rules loaded from
   596  ``@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:go_proto_library.bzl`` and ``filegroup`` rules named
   597  ``go_default_library_protos``. Newly generated proto rules will take their
   598  place. Since ``filegroup`` isn't needed anymore and ``go_proto_library`` has
   599  different attributes and was always written by hand, Gazelle will not attempt to
   600  merge anything from these rules with the newly generated rules.
   601  
   602  This transformation is only applied in the default proto mode. Since Gazelle
   603  will run in legacy proto mode if ``go_proto_library.bzl`` is loaded, this
   604  transformation is not usually applied. You can set the proto mode explicitly
   605  using the directive ``# gazelle:proto default``.
   606  
   607  **Update loads of gazelle rule (fix and update)**: Gazelle will remove loads
   608  of ``gazelle`` from ``@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl``. It will automatically
   609  add a load from ``@bazel_gazelle//:def.bzl`` if ``gazelle`` is not loaded
   610  from another location.