Overview

Shell scripting (with Bash, typically) is a popular language choice with Bazel for one-off wrappers and tests.

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Starter repo

Aspect maintains a starter repo for Shell scripting in Bazel: https://github.com/bazel-starters/shell

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Training

We use Shell scripting as the example language in Aspect’s Bazel 101 course

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APIs

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Running programs

• sh_library - Declare a library of shell scripts
• sh_binary - Build an executable shell script

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Testing

• sh_test - Run a shell script as a test
• bats - Bats (Bash Automated Testing System) test runner

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Linting

• shellcheck - ShellCheck linter integration for shell scripts