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The --repo_env option is documented in the same way as --action_env. In
addition to allowing you to set explicit values, you can also use it to
explicitly pick values from the environment in which Bazel was invoked.
Unfortunately, this causes a null pointer exception in Starlark due to a
null string stored as a map value.

This change extends the logic of converting --repo_env to a map to take
null values into account. When null, the value is loaded from the
current environment. This behaviour is useful in case you want to do
something like this:

--incompatible_strict_action_env --action_env=PATH=... --repo_env=PATH

This allows you to run build actions with a strict value for $PATH (e.g.,
to get a decent action cache hit rate in case of remote execution),
while still allowing repository_ctx.which() to find tools on the host
system using $PATH.

The --repo_env option is documented in the same way as --action_env. In
addition to allowing you to set explicit values, you can also use it to
explicitly pick values from the environment in which Bazel was invoked.
Unfortunately, this causes a null pointer exception in Starlark due to a
null string stored as a map value.

This change extends the logic of converting --repo_env to a map to take
null values into account. When null, the value is loaded from the
current environment. This behaviour is useful in case you want to do
something like this:

--incompatible_strict_action_env --action_env=PATH=... --repo_env=PATH

This allows you to run build actions with a strict value for $PATH (e.g.,
to get a decent action cache hit rate in case of remote execution),
while still allowing repository_ctx.which() to find tools on the host
system using $PATH.
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@jin jin added team-ExternalDeps External dependency handling, remote repositiories, WORKSPACE file. team-OSS Issues for the Bazel OSS team: installation, release processBazel packaging, website labels Mar 1, 2021
@bazel-io bazel-io closed this in 3ebf658 Mar 12, 2021
philwo pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 15, 2021
The --repo_env option is documented in the same way as --action_env. In
addition to allowing you to set explicit values, you can also use it to
explicitly pick values from the environment in which Bazel was invoked.
Unfortunately, this causes a null pointer exception in Starlark due to a
null string stored as a map value.

This change extends the logic of converting --repo_env to a map to take
null values into account. When null, the value is loaded from the
current environment. This behaviour is useful in case you want to do
something like this:

--incompatible_strict_action_env --action_env=PATH=... --repo_env=PATH

This allows you to run build actions with a strict value for $PATH (e.g.,
to get a decent action cache hit rate in case of remote execution),
while still allowing repository_ctx.which() to find tools on the host
system using $PATH.

Closes #12886.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 362506900
philwo pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 15, 2021
The --repo_env option is documented in the same way as --action_env. In
addition to allowing you to set explicit values, you can also use it to
explicitly pick values from the environment in which Bazel was invoked.
Unfortunately, this causes a null pointer exception in Starlark due to a
null string stored as a map value.

This change extends the logic of converting --repo_env to a map to take
null values into account. When null, the value is loaded from the
current environment. This behaviour is useful in case you want to do
something like this:

--incompatible_strict_action_env --action_env=PATH=... --repo_env=PATH

This allows you to run build actions with a strict value for $PATH (e.g.,
to get a decent action cache hit rate in case of remote execution),
while still allowing repository_ctx.which() to find tools on the host
system using $PATH.

Closes #12886.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 362506900
@philwo philwo removed the team-OSS Issues for the Bazel OSS team: installation, release processBazel packaging, website label Nov 29, 2021
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