Add release automation for rules_cc

Tracking issue: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/issues/268

This CL adds a release workflow for rules_cc. It also adds a ci.bazelrc file that is used to configure Bazel on CI.

The release workflow is based on the release workflow for rules_proto. It uses the same release script, which generates a source archive and a release notes file. The release notes file is used as the top of the release notes for the release.

The ci.bazelrc file is used to configure Bazel on CI. It sets the --announce_rc option, which causes Bazel to print a message to the console whenever an option is set. It also sets the --disk_cache option, which tells Bazel to use a disk cache for downloaded external artifacts. This can help to speed up builds.

Finally, the ci.bazelrc file sets the --test_output option to errors. This causes Bazel to print test logs to the console, even if the tests pass. This can be helpful for debugging test failures.

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  5. docs/
  6. examples/
  7. tests/
  8. .bazelignore
  9. .gitignore
  10. AUTHORS
  11. BUILD
  12. CODEOWNERS
  13. CONTRIBUTING.md
  14. ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
  15. LICENSE
  16. MODULE.bazel
  17. README.md
  18. renovate.json
  19. WORKSPACE
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README.md

C++ rules for Bazel

  • Postsubmit Build status
  • Postsubmit + Current Bazel Incompatible flags Build status

This repository contains a Starlark implementation of C++ rules in Bazel.

The rules are being incrementally converted from their native implementations in the Bazel source tree.

For the list of C++ rules, see the Bazel documentation.

Getting Started

There is no need to use rules from this repository just yet. If you want to use rules_cc anyway, add the following to your WORKSPACE file:

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")

http_archive(
    name = "rules_cc",
    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/archive/refs/tags/<VERSION>.tar.gz"],
    sha256 = "...",
)

Then, in your BUILD files, import and use the rules:

load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")

cc_library(
    ...
)

Using the rules_cc toolchain

This repo contains an auto-detecting toolchain that expects to find tools installed on your host machine. This is non-hermetic, and may have varying behaviors depending on the versions of tools found.

There are third-party contributed hermetic toolchains you may want to investigate:

If you'd like to use the cc toolchain defined in this repo, add this to your WORKSPACE after you include rules_cc:

load("@rules_cc//cc:repositories.bzl", "rules_cc_dependencies", "rules_cc_toolchains")

rules_cc_dependencies()

rules_cc_toolchains()

Migration Tools

This repository also contains migration tools that can be used to migrate your project for Bazel incompatible changes.

Legacy fields migrator

Script that migrates legacy crosstool fields into features (incompatible flag, tracking issue).

TLDR:

bazel run @rules_cc//tools/migration:legacy_fields_migrator -- \
  --input=my_toolchain/CROSSTOOL \
  --inline

Contributing

Bazel and rules_cc are the work of many contributors. We appreciate your help!

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: CONTRIBUTING.md.

Note that the rules_cc use the GitHub issue tracker for bug reports and feature requests only. For asking questions see: