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Clarify language around labels and prefixes

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#13,032 opened on Feb 14, 2021

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Description

Documentation URL: https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/build-ref.html

Says:

Labels start with //

But then goes on to say:

the following "relative" labels are all equivalent: //my/app:app //my/app :app app

The last two don't start with //. So are they labels or not? Please clarify the text.

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Review the Bazel documentation section on labels and clarify the text to resolve the inconsistency about labels not starting with '//'.
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