Fix up dependency between RepositoryDirectoryValue and FileStateValue

In `RepositoryFunction#addExternalFilesDependencies`, we introduce a dependency from `FileStateValue($outputBase/external/foo/$SOME_PATH)` to `RepositoryDirectoryValue(@foo)`, _except_ when `$SOME_PATH` is empty (i.e. the "foo" directory itself), or when `@foo` is a local_repository and $SOME_PATH is "WORKSPACE".

These two exceptions are a bit strange (why would we expect anyone to mess with the external directory? and why should that result in a re-fetch?) and exist only because there is a dependency in the reverse direction (that is, `RepositoryDirectoryValue(@foo)` depends on `FileStateValue($outputBase/external/foo)`, and additionally on `FileStateValue($outputBase/external/foo/WORKSPACE)` if `@foo` is a local_repository).

This CL removes these exceptions. This means that the dependency is always from FileStateValue to RepositoryDirectoryValue. Meaning that if the repo definition changes in any way, we'll refetch the files in the external directory; but if the files in the external directory somehow change from under us, we don't trigger a refetch.

This change will also make our lives easier in the future with the external deps overhaul.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 374830398
12 files changed
tree: b4a0e429292dbec190257632b677ee07313c56bd
  1. .bazelci/
  2. examples/
  3. scripts/
  4. site/
  5. src/
  6. third_party/
  7. tools/
  8. .bazelrc
  9. .gitattributes
  10. .gitignore
  11. AUTHORS
  12. BUILD
  13. CHANGELOG.md
  14. CODEBASE.md
  15. CODEOWNERS
  16. combine_distfiles.py
  17. combine_distfiles_to_tar.sh
  18. compile.sh
  19. CONTRIBUTING.md
  20. CONTRIBUTORS
  21. distdir.bzl
  22. distdir_deps.bzl
  23. ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
  24. LICENSE
  25. README.md
  26. WORKSPACE
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