How to use a sub-repo that has a bazel csharp project in it?
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Description
### Description of the bug:
I'm trying to figure out how to use a tool that is implemented in a gitlab repo with bazel build files, in a higher level bazel project.
**Gitlab1 - code-generator**
- dotnet libraries and a dotnet binary "//cli:cli"
- dependencies referenced in BUILD.bazel files as e.g. @paket.codegen//:newtonsoft.json
- uses rules_dotnet and paket to pull dependencies:
```
codegen_extension = use_extension("//bazel/repo/csharp:paket.codegen_extension.bzl", "codegen_extension")
use_repo(codegen_extension, "paket.codegen")
```
Build of gitlab1 within gitlab1 works fine:
**gitlab1> bazel build //cli**
`INFO: Build completed successfully, 23 total actions`
**Gitlab2 - Higher level project**
- Module.bazel file
- code-generator referenced via http_archive inside a module extension named "gitlab"
In the context of gitlab2, I feel I should be able to build the code from gitlab1:
**gitlab2> bazel build @code-generator//cli**
```
ERROR: no such package '@@[unknown repo 'paket.codegen' requested from @@+gitlab+code-generator]//newtonsoft.json': The repository '@@[unknown repo 'paket.codegen' requested from @@+gitlab+code-generator]' could not be resolved: No repository visible as '@paket.codegen' from repository '@@+gitlab+code-generator'
```
Both projects are bazel 8.1.1 with modules enabled
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### 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?
Windows
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 8.1.1
### 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` ?
```text
```
### 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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Research direction
Start with the higher-level project's Module.bazel and the code-generator's BUILD.bazel files, then inspect //bazel/repo/csharp:paket.codegen_extension.bzl and the gitlab module extension. Reproduce bazel build @code-generator//cli on Bazel 8.1.1; done means the nested paket.codegen repository resolves and the target builds successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100