docs: restructure "Compiling from Source"

In this commit:

- rearrange the instructions so the reader has to
  branch for Unixes/Windows only once

- replace the MarkDown header markers with HTML
  <hN> tags, otherwise Jekyll doesn't pick up the
  anchor names from the the <a> tags

- add a section about building Bazel using Bazel,
  since this page is about building Bazel from
  source after all, and therefore should cover
  this use-case too

- rephrase and simplify some of the instructions

Closes #6436.

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  10. AUTHORS
  11. BUILD
  12. CHANGELOG.md
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  14. combine_distfiles.py
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  22. README.md
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README.md

Bazel

{Fast, Correct} - Choose two

Build and test software of any size, quickly and reliably.

  • Speed up your builds and tests: Bazel only rebuilds what is necessary. With advanced local and distributed caching, optimized dependency analysis and parallel execution, you get fast and incremental builds.

  • One tool, multiple languages: Build and test Java, C++, Android, iOS, Go, and a wide variety of other language platforms. Bazel runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • Scalable: Bazel helps you scale your organization, codebase, and continuous integration solution. It handles codebases of any size, in multiple repositories or a huge monorepo.

  • Extensible to your needs: Easily add support for new languages and platforms with Bazel's familiar extension language. Share and re-use language rules written by the growing Bazel community.

Getting Started

Documentation

Contributing to Bazel

See CONTRIBUTING.md

Build status

Bazel is released in ‘Beta’. See the product roadmap to learn about the path toward a stable 1.0 release.