bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_python

Make it easier to load wheels from the local file system

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# 🚀 feature request

### Relevant Rules

Possibly in `whl_library`, but more likely in `requirements.txt`

### Description

I had created a patched wheel that I wished to test with Bazel and rules_python *before* publishing it to our internal Artifactory package index. There was no easy way to accomplish this.

I eventually worked out that I could test my patched wheel by using [pip2pi](https://pypi.org/project/pip2pi/) to create a local package index on my filesystem, then adding `--index-url=/tmp/pypi/simple` to the beginning of my `requirements.txt`.

See [this writeup](https://github.com/georgevreilly/torch21?tab=readme-ov-file#using-the-patched-wheel-with-rules_python) for full details.

### Describe the solution you'd like

If you have a solution in mind, please describe it.

I think the easiest thing for users is if they can specify a file path in `requirements.txt`; e.g.,

```
sympy==1.12
./tmp/torch-2.1.0+stripe.5-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
triton==2.1.0
```

Pip allows this, after all.

### Describe alternatives you've considered

Have you considered any alternative solutions or workarounds?

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