Allow buildozer target to be aliased

.bcr/presubmit.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ bcr_test_module:
         # Workaround for https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3268
         - echo bazel-bcr/>> .bazelignore
       run_targets:
-        - //:run_buildozer
+        - //:buildozer_alias # Run the alias with no args.
+        - //:run_buildozer # Will modify a test target.
       build_targets:
         - //...
       test_targets:

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           USE_BAZEL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.bazel }}
         working-directory: tests/bcr
         run: |
+          bazel run //:buildozer_alias
           bazel run //:run_buildozer
           bazel test //...

BUILD.bazel

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
+# A buildozer binary that will run in the root repository's workspace directory
+# when executed with `bazel run`.
+# Can be aliased or used as a data dependency of other targets executed via
+# `bazel run`.
 sh_binary(
     name = "buildozer",
     srcs = ["buildozer.sh"],
     data = [
         "@buildozer_binary//:buildozer.exe",
     ],
-    env = {
-        "BUILDOZER_RLOCATIONPATH": "$(rlocationpath @buildozer_binary//:buildozer.exe)",
-    },
     deps = [
         "@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles",
     ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
 exports_files(["buildozer.bzl"])

buildozer.sh

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ source "${RUNFILES_DIR:-/dev/null}/$f" 2>/dev/null || \
   { echo>&2 "ERROR: cannot find $f"; exit 1; }; f=; set -e
 # --- end runfiles.bash initialization v3 ---
 
-buildozer_path=$(rlocation $BUILDOZER_RLOCATIONPATH)
+buildozer_rlocationpath=buildozer_binary/buildozer.exe
+buildozer_path=$(rlocation $buildozer_rlocationpath)
 if [[ ! -f "$buildozer_path" ]]; then
-    echo "buildozer.exe not found at runfiles path $BUILDOZER_RLOCATIONPATH and resolved path $buildozer_path."
+    echo "buildozer.exe not found at runfiles path $buildozer_rlocationpath and resolved path $buildozer_path."
     exit 1
 fi
 

tests/bcr/BUILD.bazel

@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ sh_binary(
     },
     srcs = ["run_buildozer.sh"],
 )
+
+alias(
+    name = "buildozer_alias",
+    actual = "@buildozer",
+)