Allow rules_cc to include headers with any file extension
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 25.8k
- Forks
- 4.6k
- Avg merge
- 2d 20h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 72
Description
### Description of the problem / feature request:
Custom file extensions for rules_cc
### Feature requests: what underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Importing headers such as `foo.bar`
### Bugs: what's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
I have a cc file which has a non-standard include file extension:
```
#include "hello-world.foo"
```
How do you include this in a cc_library?
```
cc_library(
name = "foo",
srcs = ["foo.c"],
hdrs = ["hello-world.foo"],
)
```
This just throws an error:
```
(expected .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .c++, .C, .c, .h, .hh, .hpp, .ipp, .hxx, .h++, .inc, .inl, .tlh, .tli, .H, .S, .s, .asm, .a, .lib, .pic.a, .lo, .lo.lib, .pic.lo, .so, .dylib, .dll, .o, .obj or .pic.o)
```
To me this looks like it might be hardcoded and there isn't a way to easily add new file extensions:
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/cpp/BazelCppRuleClasses.java#L73
### What operating system are you running Bazel on?
Arch
### What's the output of `bazel info release`?
release 2.0.0
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/164
Contributor guide
Assessment
This issue has not been assessed yet.