square / square/wire

Expose protoPath dependencies to consumers

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Description

Right now, consumers have to manually add protoPath dependencies their own direct dependencies depend on. It'd be sweet for Wire to expose some kind of metadata for so it'd be able to resolve them automatically without users having to manually add protoPath. Maybe the trick would be to expose protoPath dependencies of types which are not referred at all after treeshaking.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing how Wire handles protoPath dependencies and tree-shaking, then determine what consumer-facing metadata could expose dependencies that remain needed after unused types are removed. Done means consumers can resolve those dependencies without manually adding protoPath entries.

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Assessment

Tech stack
grpc, kotlin
Domain
api, build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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