commit 2e460de57b94f0cbe0aaf34043f4a42094ce4804
author William Smith <87392567+william-smith-skydio@users.noreply.github.com> Wed Apr 03 02:02:06 2024 -0700
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> Wed Apr 03 09:02:06 2024 +0000
tree d4b667dd87d27112bebfb039b3db9b95ec7a1056
parent 127b9b869f8fcb901bbfc01b0b41d7f86d854624

Add support for `--compile_one_dependency` (#2598)

The `--compile_one_dependency` flag
([docs](https://bazel.build/docs/user-manual#compile-one-dependency))
changes `bazel build` etc. to accept a file path and build the target
corresponding to that file. This is useful for check-on-save with
rust-analyzer in combination with the newly-added `$saved_file` command
substitution (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/pull/15476).

Officially `--compile_one_dependency` only supports the builtin C++ and
Java rules, but an [undocumented
flag](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/7.1.1/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Attribute.java#L102)
can be added to attributes to turn them into sources supporting
`--compile_one_dependency`. I'm not sure what the status of this support
is, but it appears to work for all bazel versions up to at least 7.1.1,
and if support is removed the flag is pretty harmless.

Before this change:
```
> bazel build --compile_one_dependency tools/rust_analyzer/main.rs
WARNING: Target pattern parsing failed.
ERROR: Couldn't find dependency on target '//tools/rust_analyzer:main.rs'
ERROR: Couldn't find dependency on target '//tools/rust_analyzer:main.rs'
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.956s
INFO: 0 processes.
ERROR: Build did NOT complete successfully
```

After:
```
> bazel build --compile_one_dependency tools/rust_analyzer/main.rs
INFO: Analyzed target //tools/rust_analyzer:gen_rust_project (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //tools/rust_analyzer:gen_rust_project up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/tools/rust_analyzer/gen_rust_project
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.341s, Critical Path: 0.00s
INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action
```

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Co-authored-by: Daniel Wagner-Hall <dwagnerhall@apple.com>