bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazel-skylib
Test rule to verify aspect applied to another target
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Description
Some workflows apply a top level aspect to a build, such as:
```
bazel build //foo:bar --aspect=//baz:my_aspect.bzl%my_aspect
```
It would be nice to have a canonical test rule which would verify that builds such as these would work.
It should be as simple as creating a thin analysis test rule which applies the aspect along the edge. That is, a test rule with attribute defined:
```
deps' : attr.label_list(aspects = [my_aspect]),
```
And then, to satisfy the above example, the user could create a test target that has `//foo:bar` as one of its `deps`.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the existing analysis test rules in bazel-skylib and review how their attributes and tests are structured. Implement the proposed thin rule with a deps attribute applying my_aspect along the dependency edge, then verify it with a target depending on //foo:bar and an aspect invocation like the example.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100