Running rdeps / allrdeps queries without fetching all external dependencies
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Description
### Description of the problem / feature request:
Aloha!
Our team is using `rdeps` / `allrdeps` to query reverse dependencies of targets. For example, this lets us know that for a given change to a local target, what is the set of reverse dependencies we should also build and test in order to validate that change.
We noticed that when running the query like this:
```
bazel query --universe_scope=//local_reverse_dependencies/... --order_output=no "allrdeps(//updated_local_target:name)"
```
-- this command will fetch all external dependencies of `//local_reverse_dependencies/...` -- for example, all `http_file` files, all `rules_jvm_external` artifacts, all `rules_docker` images, etc.
But since any changes to `//updated_local_target:name` would not affect external dependencies, we're not sure why they need to be fetched.
Our ask is simply: **Is there a way to execute this query without requiring all external dependencies of `//local_reverse_dependencies/...` to be fetched?**
Thank you for your help!
### What operating system are you running Bazel on?
macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287)
### What's the output of `bazel info release`?
```
>_ bazel info release
release 3.0.0
```
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
We haven't seen anything else related to this on GitHub issues or elsewhere.
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