"""A simple rule that generates and provides a DefaultOutput with some files""" def _generate_outputs_impl(ctx): if len(ctx.attr.output_files) != len(ctx.attr.output_contents): fail("Number of output_files must match number of output_contents") outputs = [] for i, file in enumerate(ctx.attr.output_files): content = ctx.attr.output_contents[i] out = ctx.actions.declare_file(file) # ctx.actions.write creates a FileWriteAction which uses UTF-8 encoding. ctx.actions.write( output = out, content = content, ) outputs.append(out) provide = [] if ctx.attr.output_group: kwargs = {ctx.attr.output_group: depset(outputs)} provide.append(OutputGroupInfo(**kwargs)) else: provide.append(DefaultInfo(files = depset(outputs))) return provide generate_outputs = rule( implementation = _generate_outputs_impl, provides = [DefaultInfo], attrs = { "output_files": attr.string_list(), "output_contents": attr.string_list(), "output_group": attr.string(), }, )