Bazel BUILD Encyclopedia of Functions

Concepts and terminology

• Common definitions
  • Bourne shell tokenization
  • Label expansion
  • Typical attributes for most rules
  • Common attributes for all rules
  • Common attributes for tests
  • Common attributes for binaries
  • Configurable attributes
  • Implicit output targets
• "Make" variables
  • Use

Functions

• package
• package_group
• licenses
• exports_files
• glob
• select
• workspace

Rules

Native rules ship with the Bazel binary and do not require a load statement. Native rules are available globally in BUILD files. In .bzl files, you can find them in the native module. For non-native Starlark rules that ship separately from Bazel, see the list of Recommended Rules.

Language-specific native rules

Language	Binary rules	Library rules	Test rules	Other rules
Android	android_binary	aar_import android_library	android_instrumentation_test android_local_test	android_device android_ndk_repository android_sdk_repository
C / C++	cc_binary	cc_import cc_library cc_proto_library fdo_prefetch_hints fdo_profile propeller_optimize	cc_test	cc_toolchain cc_toolchain_suite
Java	java_binary	java_import java_library java_lite_proto_library java_proto_library	java_test	java_package_configuration java_plugin java_runtime java_toolchain
Objective-C	apple_binary apple_static_library	j2objc_library objc_import objc_library		available_xcodes xcode_config xcode_version
Protocol Buffer		proto_lang_toolchain proto_library
Python	py_binary	py_library	py_test	py_runtime
Shell	sh_binary	sh_library	sh_test

Language-agnostic native rules

Family	Rules
Extra Actions	action_listener extra_action
General	alias config_setting filegroup genquery genrule test_suite
Platform	constraint_setting constraint_value platform toolchain toolchain_type
Workspace	bind local_repository new_local_repository