Gazelle BUILD file generator

Setup

For local use, in $GOPATH/src/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/gazelle/gazelle run go install

Usage

gazelle

Which will fix all build files in the current directory plus subdirectories.

First time use for a project

gazelle -go_prefix $PROJECT

If you don't even have a WORKSPACE file yet, you also need to set -repo_root

Special Markers

# keep on an entry to a deps or srcs attribute will instruct gazelle to keep that element even if it thinks otherwise
# gazelle:ignore at the top level of a BUILD file will instruct gazelle to leave the file alone.

Known Shortcomings

bazel-style auto generating BUILD (where the library name is other than go_default_library)