List of labels; optional
A list of dependencies of this rule.
The precise semantics of what it means for this rule to depend on
another using deps
are specific to the kind of this rule,
and the rule-specific documentation below goes into more detail.
At a minimum, though, the targets named via deps
will
appear in the *.runfiles
area of this rule, if it has
one.
Most often, a deps
dependency is used to allow one
module to use symbols defined in another module written in the
same programming language and separately compiled. Cross-language
dependencies are also permitted in many cases: for example,
a java_library
rule may depend on C++ code in
a cc_library
rule, by declaring the latter in
the deps
attribute. See the definition
of dependencies for more
information.
Almost all rules permit a deps
attribute, but where
this attribute is not allowed, this fact is documented under the
specific rule.