bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazel

Have a query deps(...) mode that ignores data dependencies

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Description

### Description of the feature request:

When running `bazel query deps(some-target)`, the result includes data dependencies and their transitive dependencies. I would like to ignore/exclude data dependencies.

### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

I am only interested in the libraries that are _linked_ into some-target. Ultimately I want to assert that the set of of libraries linked into some-target does not include certain libraries.

### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Linux

### What is the output of `bazel info release`?

6.2.0

### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.

_No response_

### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse master; git rev-parse HEAD` ?

_No response_

### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

#15017 is loosely related, but it's not about querying, but about whether data dependencies are built when building the target that specifies them.

### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

_No response_

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the `bazel query deps(some-target)` entry point and compare its current results for linked and data dependencies. Define how excluding data dependencies should work transitively, then add coverage for a target where those dependency sets differ; done when the query returns only linked libraries for the requested use case.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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