Maintaining Bazel Scoop package on Windows

Note: The Scoop package is experimental. To provide feedback, go to @excitoon in issue tracker.

Prerequisites {:#prerequisites}

You need:

• Scoop package manager installed
• GitHub account in order to publish and create pull requests to scoopinstaller/scoop-main{: .external}
  • @excitoon{: .external} currently maintains this unofficial package. Feel free to ask questions by e-mail or Telegram{: .external}.

Release process {:#release-process}

Scoop packages are very easy to maintain. Once you have the URL of released Bazel, you need to make appropriate changes in this file{: .external}:

• update version
• update dependencies if needed
• update URL
• update hash (sha256 by default)

In your filesystem, bazel.json is located in the directory %UserProfile%/scoop/buckets/main/bucket by default. This directory belongs to your clone of a Git repository scoopinstaller/scoop-main{: .external}.

Test the result:

scoop uninstall bazel
scoop install bazel
bazel version
bazel something_else

The first time, make a fork of scoopinstaller/scoop-main{: .external} and specify it as your own remote for %UserProfile%/scoop/buckets/main:

git remote add mine FORK_URL

Push your changes to your fork and create a pull request.