| Project: /_project.yaml |
| Book: /_book.yaml |
| |
| # Use labels to reference targets |
| |
| {% include "_buttons.html" %} |
| |
| In `BUILD` files and at the command line, Bazel uses *labels* to reference |
| targets - for example, `//main:hello-world` or `//lib:hello-time`. Their syntax |
| is: |
| |
| ``` |
| //path/to/package:target-name |
| ``` |
| |
| If the target is a rule target, then `path/to/package` is the path from the |
| workspace root (the directory containing the `MODULE.bazel` file) to the directory |
| containing the `BUILD` file, and `target-name` is what you named the target |
| in the `BUILD` file (the `name` attribute). If the target is a file target, |
| then `path/to/package` is the path to the root of the package, and |
| `target-name` is the name of the target file, including its full |
| path relative to the root of the package (the directory containing the |
| package's `BUILD` file). |
| |
| When referencing targets at the repository root, the package path is empty, |
| just use `//:target-name`. When referencing targets within the same `BUILD` |
| file, you can even skip the `//` workspace root identifier and just use |
| `:target-name`. |
