bazel-skylib/docs/copy_file_doc.md

copy_file

copy_file(name, src, out, is_executable, allow_symlink, kwargs)

Copies a file to another location.

native.genrule() is sometimes used to copy files (often wishing to rename them). The 'copy_file' rule does this with a simpler interface than genrule.

This rule uses a Bash command on Linux/macOS/non-Windows, and a cmd.exe command on Windows (no Bash is required).

Parameters

name	required. Name of the rule.
src	required. A Label. The file to make a copy of. (Can also be the label of a rule that generates a file.)
out	required. Path of the output file, relative to this package.
is_executable	optional. default is False A boolean. Whether to make the output file executable. When True, the rule's output can be executed using `bazel run` and can be in the srcs of binary and test rules that require executable sources. WARNING: If `allow_symlink` is True, `src` must also be executable.
allow_symlink	optional. default is False A boolean. Whether to allow symlinking instead of copying. When False, the output is always a hard copy. When True, the output *can* be a symlink, but there is no guarantee that a symlink is created (i.e., at the time of writing, we don't create symlinks on Windows). Set this to True if you need fast copying and your tools can handle symlinks (which most UNIX tools can).
kwargs	optional. further keyword arguments, e.g. `visibility`