Does anyone have experience with Cerbos x Bazel

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Charith (Cerbos) · Answer

Hi < Rasmus Dencker> I am not a Bazel expert but if you tell me what you re trying to do I can probably give you some pointers from a Cerbos point of view

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Cool This is pretty bazel specific though I ve met this before but I don t remember the solution sweat smile

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

```compilepkg missing strict dependencies redacted path external com github cerbos cerbos internal namer namer go import of <http github com cerbos cerbos api genpb cerbos policy v1|github com cerbos cerbos api genpb cerbos policy v1> No dependencies were provided ```

Charith (Cerbos) · Answer

Oh are you compiling the Cerbos source with Bazel

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Nope I m compiling something which uses the Cerbos client smile 100

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

aaaand I m using gazelle for the deps

Charith (Cerbos) · Answer

OK I am completely out of my depth here because I haven t used Bazel in years smile Presumably you have already used `gazelle update repos` to import external deps from `go mod`

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Yup I do But there s something around deps of deps in certain situations I don t totally grasp it yet smile

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Thanks for the effort tho smile

Charith (Cerbos) · Answer

Yeah it s pretty mind bending Sorry I can t be of much help here If you find the solution please post here so that others can benefit from your wisdom too

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Will do

Rasmus Dencker · Answer

Finally solved it I need to add ` build file proto mode=disable global` to my gazelle update repos command I m not sure what the exact meaning is but it solved it here s a link to a github issue that describes another problem with the same solution <https github com bazelbuild rules go issues 2805 issuecomment 775614836>