TextForge

TextForge is a Bazel module designed to generate files from a list of templates and a set of data in JSON format, which can be provided as a string or a file. TextForge uses Jinja2 to render the data into the templates, producing an output with the applied changes.

To define the dependency in MODULE.bazel, follow these steps:

Locate the MODULE.bazel file: This file is typically found at the root of your Bazel workspace.

Specify the dependency: Use the bazel_dep function to add the dependency. The syntax is as follows:

bazel_dep(name = "textforge", version = "1.0.0")

After adding the dependency to your MODULE.bazel file, you can load the rule into your BUILD.bazel file. Example:

load("@textforge//:defs.bzl", "generate_files")


generate_files(
...
)

templates/templateA.txt.jinja

Template A value: {{ a }}

templates/templateB.txt.jinja

Template B value: {{ b }}

templates/templateC.txt.jinja

Template C value: {{ c }}

data/data.json

{
    "a": 123,
    "b": 456,
    "c": 789
}

BUILD.bazel

load("@textforge//:defs.bzl", "generate_files")

filegroup(
    name = "templates",
    srcs = glob([
        "templates/*.jinja",
    ]),
    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
)

generate_files(
    name = "files",
    srcs = [
        ":templates"
    ],
    datafile = "data/data.json",
    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
)

bazel-bin/templateA.txt

Template A value: 123

bazel-bin/templateB.txt

Template B value: 456

bazel-bin/templateC.txt

Template C value: 789

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Roberto Rojas