Quickly compute downstream dependency count per target
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
`minrank` and `maxrank` can be calculated for each target through a single command:
```
bazel query //... --output=minrank
bazel query //... --output=maxrank
```
However, calculating the downstream dependency count for each target, requires calling bazel many times:
```
bazel query 'rdeps(//..., )' | wc -l
bazel query 'rdeps(//..., )' | wc -l
bazel query 'rdeps(//..., )' | wc -l
...
```
Can it be done more efficiently?
Could a new `--output` type solve this?
I'm wondering what others think, and if there is a faster way to get these counts.
Since bazel is doing a topological sort, I'm hoping these counts could be exposed more efficiently.
My current approach is to dump the analysis cache, and run my own graph traversal to get these numbers.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
CLI, Performance
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Get the downstream dependency count for every target as fast and efficiently as possible.
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Linux
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
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` ?
```text
Not relevant.
```
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
No
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
Not relevant.
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