commit ec8c12da43e80eaad81bc4b3ba4e173a1e34c9c0
author bazel.build machine account <15028808+bazel-io@users.noreply.github.com> Mon Sep 18 13:19:04 2023 -0400
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> Mon Sep 18 17:19:04 2023 +0000
tree a11e1f380ab534e6100b7811a5fd36a838023c4d
parent 7b72c024039912b20ef897f8ca459cb752a2e0f3

[6.4.0] Explain the use of `str(Label(...))` in the docs (#19554)

Closes #19509.

Commit
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/d9beda5b4f6ce8d2b8d574da5d4362c7b211f243

PiperOrigin-RevId: 565763282
Change-Id: I0a8ede20b6bda5140a83c03a44577c034a54dd5f

Co-authored-by: Fabian Meumertzheim <fabian@meumertzhe.im>

src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/Label.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/Label.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/Label.java
index 7ff3ef9..e2b136c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/Label.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/cmdline/Label.java
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@
  *
  * <p>Parsing is robust against bad input, for example, from the command line.
  */
-@StarlarkBuiltin(name = "Label", category = DocCategory.BUILTIN, doc = "A BUILD target identifier.")
+@StarlarkBuiltin(
+    name = "Label",
+    category = DocCategory.BUILTIN,
+    doc =
+        "A BUILD target identifier."
+            + "<p>For every <code>Label<code> instance <code>l</code>, the string representation"
+            + " <code>str(l)</code> has the property that <code>Label(str(l)) == l</code>,"
+            + " regardless of where the <code>Label()</code> call occurs.")
 @AutoCodec
 @Immutable
 @ThreadSafe