Build Event for external dependencies used in the invocation
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
When troubleshooting past invocations, it might be useful to know which dependencies were used in the invocation: information like which version was used, any override was applied, which URL was it downloaded from with what checksum etc...
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
By sending a build event with this information, the BES implementation could help developer identify issues a bit more easily. We can also leverage the build events for downstream supply chain security keeping and identify vulnerabilities faster/easier.
### 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?
The current Supply Chain Security approach is mostly oriented around using rules_license's aspect to gather the dependencies information. This works but requires additional setup on the code level.
Providing a build event based on bzlmod data would provide a much more sensible default with minimal setup needed. The tradeoff is that you will only get the dependencies information on the invocation level and not on a target level, which is fine for smaller user cases.
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