Bazel: Export rules_python in plugin API

This is a preparation to flip this option:
--incompatible_load_python_rules_from_bzl in Bazel core. Given, that
almost all plugins that support standalone build mode use eclipse
project generation, we prefer to export this external dependency in
Bazlets and avoid including these bits (and the upgrading procedure)
in every plugin.

Change-Id: I11096db9594a2b67bdd462e354755fcdd8b69ac7
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  1. lib/
  2. tools/
  3. .gitignore
  4. bouncycastle.bzl
  5. BUILD
  6. COPYING
  7. gerrit_api.bzl
  8. gerrit_api_maven_local.bzl
  9. gerrit_gwt.bzl
  10. gerrit_plugin.bzl
  11. README.md
  12. rules_python.bzl
  13. WORKSPACE
README.md

Gerrit Code Review Rules for Bazel

Overview

These build rules are used for building Gerrit Code Review plugins with Bazel. Plugins are compiled as .jar files containing plugin code and dependencies.

Setup

To be able to use the Gerrit rules, you must provide bindings for the plugin API jars. The easiest way to do so is to add the following to your WORKSPACE file, which will give you default versions for Gerrit plugin API.

git_repository(
  name = "com_github_davido_bazlets",
  remote = "https://github.com/davido/bazlets.git",
  commit = "2ede19cb2d2dd9d04bcb70ffc896439a27e5d50d",
)
load("@com_github_davido_bazlets//:gerrit_api.bzl",
     "gerrit_api")

Another option is to consume snapshot version of gerrit plugin API from local Maven repository (~/.m2). To use the snapshot version special method is provided:

load("@com_googlesource_gerrit_bazlets//:gerrit_api_maven_local.bzl",
     "gerrit_api_maven_local")
gerrit_api_maven_local()

Basic Example

Suppose you have the following directory structure for a simple plugin:

[workspace]/
    WORKSPACE
	BUILD
    src/main/java/
	src/main/resources/
	[...]

To build this plugin, your BUILD can look like this:

load("//tools/bzl:plugin.bzl", "gerrit_plugin")

gerrit_plugin(
    name = "reviewers",
    srcs = glob(["src/main/java/**/*.java"]),
    gwt_module = "com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.reviewers.ReviewersForm",
    manifest_entries = [
        "Gerrit-PluginName: reviewers",
        "Gerrit-Module: com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.reviewers.Module",
    ],
    resources = glob(["src/main/**/*"]),
)

Now, you can build the Gerrit plugin by running bazel build <plugin>.

For a real world example, see the reviewers plugin.

gerrit_plugin

gerrit_plugin(name, srcs, resources, gwt_module, deps, manifest_entries):

Implicit output target

  • <name>.jar: library containing built plugin jar