bazelbuild / bazelbuild/rules_closure

Unclear documentation on closure_repositories

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Description

In the docs you have:

> When you call closure_repositories() in your WORKSPACE file, it causes a few dozen external dependencies to be added to your project, e.g. Guava, Guice, JSR305, etc. You might need to customize this behavior.

What do you mean by "call closure_respositories()"? Are these invoked automatically the first time you invoke `bazel build`? Also, where exactly does it install the dependencies? Globally on the system or in the current workspace?

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Start by locating the documentation passage about calling closure_repositories() in WORKSPACE files and compare it with the behavior of bazel build. Determine whether the dependencies are added automatically and where they are installed, then update the passage so invocation and dependency location are explicit.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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