bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazel

Label shorthand not treated as "explicit" for incompatibility check

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Description

### Description of the bug:

If `//foo/bar:bar` is incompatible, building it as `foo/bar` (no initial `//` and no explicit target name) behaves incorrectly in that it does not seem to count as “explicit” for the purposes of `--noskip_incompatible_explicit_targets`.

### Which category does this issue belong to?

Configurability

### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

Create a target `//foo/bar:bar` with `target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//:incompatible"]` and observe the difference in behavior when building as `//foo/bar:bar`, `//foo/bar`, `foo/bar:bar`, and `foo/bar`.

### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Mac

### What is the output of `bazel info release`?

release 8.2.1

### 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

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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.

_No response_

### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

_No response_

### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

_No response_

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Research direction

Reproduce the behavior on Bazel 8.2.1 using the four target spellings described in the issue, with an incompatible target and --noskip_incompatible_explicit_targets. Then trace how shorthand labels are classified for the incompatibility check; done means shorthand and explicit target forms behave consistently.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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