Provide convenience symlinks information in `bazel info`
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- Java
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
`bazel info` already provides a way to obtain output_base directory and some significant subdirectories.
Would it be also possible to provide similar information about the convenience symlinks? They can be manipulated with the `--symlink_prefix` flag, so we can't assume their names.
This would be useful for tools like IntelliJ to mark these folders as excluded (from indexing) as early as possible.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
CLI
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Mark the convenience symlinks as ignored as soon as possible during the IntelliJ sync process
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
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### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
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### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
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### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how `bazel info` reports output directories and how `--symlink_prefix` determines convenience symlink names. Define the information needed by IntelliJ to identify those symlinks reliably, then verify that the resulting `bazel info` output reflects custom prefixes and supports early exclusion during sync.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system, cli, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100