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Users currently have to compose `$(bazel info output_base)/external/<canonical name>` by hand to locate a fetched repo on disk. `bazel mod show_repo` now prints the path of each repo's root directory as a `# Located at:` comment in text output and as the new `repo_root` field in the streamed proto and JSON outputs. The path is derived without fetching the repo, so the directory only exists after the repo has been fetched. RELNOTES: `bazel mod show_repo` now prints the path of each repo's root directory, as a `# Located at:` comment in text output and as the `repo_root` field in proto and JSON output.
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| [example](#mod-example6)). Use `--all_repos` to show definitions of all | ||
| repos in the entire dependency graph, or `--all_visible_repos` to show | ||
| definitions of all repos visible from the `--base_module`. | ||
| * `show_repo <arg>...`: Displays the definition and location of the |
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nit: Should we hint that this location will only materialize after the repo is fetched?
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Give users an easy way to obtain the location of an external repo, especially one that avoids them having to compose it manually and hardcoding
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RELNOTES:
bazel mod show_reponow prints the path of each repo's directory as a# Located at:comment in text output and as the newrepo_rootfield in proto and JSON output.