Bazel BUILD Encyclopedia of Functions

Contents

Concepts and terminology

• Common definitions
  • Bourne shell tokenization
  • Label expansion
  • Common attributes
  • Common attributes for tests
  • Common attributes for binaries
  • Configurable attributes
  • Implicit output targets
• "Make" variables
  • "Make" variable substitution
  • Predefined variables
• Predefined Python Variables

Functions

• load
• package
• package_group
• licenses
• exports_files
• glob
• select
• workspace

Rules

Language-specific Rules

Language	Binary rules	Library rules	Test rules	Other rules
Android	android_binary	aar_import android_library		android_device
C / C++	cc_binary	cc_inc_library cc_library cc_proto_library	cc_test
Java	java_binary	java_import java_library java_lite_proto_library java_proto_library	java_test	java_plugin java_runtime	java_runtime_suite java_toolchain
Objective-C	apple_binary apple_static_library apple_watch1_extension apple_watch2_extension apple_watch_extension_binary ios_application ios_device ios_extension ios_extension_binary ios_framework ios_framework_binary objc_binary	j2objc_library objc_bundle objc_bundle_library objc_framework objc_import objc_library objc_proto_library	ios_test
Protocol Buffer		proto_lang_toolchain proto_library
Python	py_binary	py_library	py_test
Shell	sh_binary	sh_library	sh_test

Rules that do not apply to a specific programming language

Extra Actions	action_listener	extra_action
General	filegroup	genquery	test_suite	alias config_setting genrule
Platform				constraint_setting constraint_value platform
Workspace				android_ndk_repository android_sdk_repository bind git_repository http_archive http_file http_jar	local_repository maven_jar maven_server new_git_repository new_http_archive new_local_repository xcode_config xcode_version