Inspect what contributes to `bzlTransitiveDigest` in module lock file
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
Have a way to see all the inputs that go into `bzlTransitiveDigest`.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
External Dependency
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Debug why that value changes when it unexpectedly does so.
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Linux
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 7.4.1
### 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 HEAD` ?
```text
git@github.com:sourcegraph/sourcegraph.git
31c7d91aa239eee3a89e508168ff60ac2a752e80
```
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
https://bazelbuild.slack.com/archives/C014RARENH0/p1742374651081339
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
I was running into an issue were for one extension (rules_rust) I get a different value just on this field and nothing else. The difference was between two systems I was running.
They had the same version of bazel, but managed in slightly different ways so I was curious to see why the hash changed between the systems.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how Bazel computes bzlTransitiveDigest for the module lock file, using the rules_rust case and the linked Slack discussion as context. Determine which inputs need to be inspectable and define a user-visible way to report them; done means users can explain why the digest differs between systems.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100