| # Legacy generated code compatibility smoke test | |
| This directory contains a smoke unit tests that runs the core functionality of | |
| generated code against the latest runtime. | |
| Note that running protoc as a build step rather than checking in gencode is the | |
| strongly recommended pattern, and any Bazel users should use `proto_library()` | |
| rules to achieve that rather than checking in generated code. | |
| This directory is only using checked in generated code as the mechanism to test | |
| the compatibility with stale gencode created by an older protoc, which is | |
| expected to be relevant in non-Bazel usecases where it may be difficult to run | |
| protoc at build time. |