Multi-arg parameter file arg format strings
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
At present, `Args.use_param_file` in starlark takes a single format string as the means of encoding how to tell a tool that it's spilled args into a parameter file. This works great for syntaxes with prefix characters like `@params` or flags supporting = characters like `--file=params`, but it doesn't work for syntaxes which need multiple args, such as `-e params`. Perhaps this function could optionally take a list of strings to support this.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
Rules API
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
The `unsquashfs` tool can take a list of paths to extract in the form of individual command line args or in the form of a file named after the `-e` command line flag. That is, these two are equivalent:
```
unsquashfs foo.squash bar baz
```
```
echo -e 'bar\nbaz' > params
unsquashfs foo.squash -e params
```
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Ubuntu 20.04
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
6.5.0
### 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
```
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
I filed this after a slack conversation indicating it would be a good RFE.
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the Args.use_param_file Starlark API and trace how its format string is converted into command-line arguments. Check the existing tests for parameter-file argument formatting, then add coverage for a multi-argument form such as -e params. Done means callers can express both single-format and multi-argument syntaxes without breaking existing behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100