docs/versions/8.3.1/rules/lib/builtins/repository_rule.mdx - bazel - Git at Google

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 A callable value that may be invoked during evaluation of the WORKSPACE file or within the implementation function of a module extension to instantiate and return a repository rule. Created by [`repository_rule()`](/versions/8.3.1/rules/lib/globals/bzl#repository_rule).
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	title: 'repository\_rule'
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	A callable value that may be invoked during evaluation of the WORKSPACE file or within the implementation function of a module extension to instantiate and return a repository rule. Created by [`repository_rule()`](/versions/8.3.1/rules/lib/globals/bzl#repository_rule).