The following functions can be loaded from @bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl.

maybe

maybe(repo_rule, name, kwargs)

Utility function for only adding a repository if it’s not already present.

This is to implement safe repositories.bzl macro documented in https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/skylark/deploying.html#dependencies.

Parameters

repo_rule	required. repository rule function.
name	required. name of the repository to create.
kwargs	optional. remaining arguments that are passed to the repo_rule function.

patch

patch(ctx, patches, patch_cmds, patch_cmds_win, patch_tool, patch_args)

Implementation of patching an already extracted repository.

This rule is inteded to be used in the implementation function of a repository rule. Ifthe parameters patches, patch_tool, patch_args, patch_cmds and patch_cmds_win are not specified then they are taken from ctx.attr.

Parameters

ctx	required. The repository context of the repository rule calling this utility function.
patches	optional. default is None The patch files to apply. List of strings, Labels, or paths.
patch_cmds	optional. default is None Bash commands to run for patching, passed one at a time to bash -c. List of strings
patch_cmds_win	optional. default is None Powershell commands to run for patching, passed one at a time to powershell /c. List of strings. If the boolean value of this parameter is false, patch_cmds will be used and this parameter will be ignored.
patch_tool	optional. default is None Path of the patch tool to execute for applying patches. String.
patch_args	optional. default is None Arguments to pass to the patch tool. List of strings.

read_netrc

read_netrc(ctx, filename)

Utility function to parse at least a basic .netrc file.

Parameters

ctx	required. The repository context of the repository rule calling this utility function.
filename	required. the name of the .netrc file to read

update_attrs

update_attrs(orig, keys, override)

Utility function for altering and adding the specified attributes to a particular repository rule invocation.

This is used to make a rule reproducible.

Parameters

orig	required. dict of actually set attributes (either explicitly or implicitly) by a particular rule invocation
keys	required. complete set of attributes defined on this rule
override	required. dict of attributes to override or add to orig

use_netrc

use_netrc(netrc, urls, patterns)

compute an auth dict from a parsed netrc file and a list of URLs

Parameters

netrc	required. a netrc file already parsed to a dict, e.g., as obtained from read_netrc
urls	required. a list of URLs.
patterns	required. optional dict of url to authorization patterns

workspace_and_buildfile

workspace_and_buildfile(ctx)

Utility function for writing WORKSPACE and, if requested, a BUILD file.

This rule is inteded to be used in the implementation function of a repository rule. It assumes the parameters name, build_file, build_file_content, workspace_file, and workspace_file_content to be present in ctx.attr, the latter four possibly with value None.

Parameters

ctx	required. The repository context of the repository rule calling this utility function.