Starlark flags are omitted from BEP "explicit command line"
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Description
### Description of the bug:
Starlark flags (like `label_flag`) are omitted from the `explicitCmdLine` provided via BEP, even when they are in fact explicitly provided by the user on the command line.
This is inconvenient because the user should be able to copy-paste the explicit command line to reproduce the build, but that obviously requires setting the Starlark flags, too!
See https://github.com/buildbuddy-io/buildbuddy/issues/7361 for more context.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
Configurability, Remote Execution
### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
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### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
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### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
8.0.0-pre.20240618.2
### 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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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
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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 constructs the BEP explicitCmdLine and how Starlark flags such as label_flag are represented when supplied on the command line. The issue provides no reproduction, source file, or test location; done means explicitly supplied Starlark flags appear in explicitCmdLine so the command can reproduce the build.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100