bazelbuild/bazel

Add option to create bazel symlinks using relative paths (instead of absolute)

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#2,351 opened on Jan 9, 2017

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Description

It'd be nice if the set of symlinks created by bazel (i.e. bazel-bin, bazel-genfiles, etc) had to option to use relative paths instead of absolute paths. In our case, this makes it easier to work off an NFS export and use OS-native tools on the files in that export.

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Research direction
Investigate how Bazel creates symlinks (bazel bin, etc.) and where the path handling is implemented. Look for existing configuration for absolute/relative paths and propose a new option.
Tech stack
java
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build system
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2
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Half day
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Clear
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60