Allow any characters in filenames / labels
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type: feature request
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- Java
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Description
Ultimately any character can be part of a filename. We should probably allow that.
Some mangling to generate the corresponding label should probably be done.
Original report on the mailing-list:
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bazel-discuss/CAN0GiO3__5jXo5rZqroSj0mFxpqCzUZZVkY%3DSNsJK1%2BZ1BdJLg%40mail.gmail.com
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the original mailing-list report and the full issue discussion to understand the filename and label constraints already considered. Done should include an agreed scope for supported filename characters and corresponding label mangling, plus tests covering the resulting behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100