bazelbuild / bazelbuild/bazelisk
Add support for source fetching + building
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 2.7k
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Description
Right now bazelisk fetches binary distributions via github releases, I'm curious if adding support for source based fetching + building is something being considered or would be okay to contribute?
Perhaps some extra syntax in `.bazelversion` that instructs bazelisk to fetch a zip of some given sha/tag and build a release of bazel locally, and use that as the underlying bazel binary.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing Bazelisk's existing GitHub-release fetching flow and how .bazelversion is parsed. Define the source reference syntax, archive fetching, local Bazel build process, and resulting binary selection before implementation. Done means a documented source-based path works alongside binary fetching, with tests covering the new syntax and build flow.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100