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Is it possible to define custom bazel macro or rule and load it in workspace for all packages?

I wrote a custom bazel macro, in order to shorten code in my BUILD files. I want it to be available in all BUILD files, and I don't want to call load statement each time.

So I want to use it just like I use symbols from native module.

Is it possible to do such thing without changing bazel sources?

Thank you!

Solution

  • This can be achieved by adding a prelude_bazel file at //tools/build_rules:prelude_bazel (this must be a package, so tools/build_rules must contain a BUILD file). This will be loaded and prepended to all BUILD files loaded by Bazel.

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