docs/versions/6.4.0/rules/lib/transition.mdx
<h2 id="transition">transition</h2>
<p><pre class="rule-signature"><a class="anchor" href="transition.html">transition</a> transition(implementation, inputs, outputs)</pre></p>
A transition that reads a set of input build settings and writes a set of output build settings.<p>Example:</p><p><pre class="language-python">
def _transition_impl(settings, attr): # This transition just reads the current CPU value as a demonstration. # A real transition could incorporate this into its followup logic. current_cpu = settings["//command_line_option:cpu"] return {"//command_line_option:compilation_mode": "dbg"}
build_in_debug_mode = transition( implementation = _transition_impl, inputs = ["//command_line_option:cpu"], outputs = ["//command_line_option:compilation_mode"], )</pre></p><p>For more details see <a href="https://bazel.build/versions/6.4.0/rules/config#user-defined-transitions">here</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="hide-from-toc">Parameters</h3>
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<code>implementation</code>
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required
The function implementing this transition. This function always has two parameters: <code>settings</code> and <code>attr</code>. The <code>settings</code> param is a dictionary whose set of keys is defined by the inputs parameter. So, for each build setting <code>--//foo=bar</code>, if <code>inputs</code> contains <code>//foo</code>, <code>settings</code> will have an entry <code>settings['//foo']='bar'</code>.<p>The <code>attr</code> param is a reference to <code>ctx.attr</code>. This gives the implementation function access to the rule's attributes to make attribute-parameterized transitions possible.<p>This function must return a <code>dict</code> from build setting identifier to build setting value; this represents the configuration transition: for each entry in the returned <code>dict</code>, the transition updates that setting to the new value. All other settings are unchanged. This function can also return a <code>list</code> of <code>dict</code>s or a <code>dict</code> of <code>dict</code>s in the case of a split transition.
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<code>inputs</code>
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<code><a class="anchor" href="list.html">sequence</a> of <a class="anchor" href="string.html">string</a>s</code>;
required
List of build settings that can be read by this transition. This becomes the key set of the settings parameter of the implementation function parameter.
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<code>outputs</code>
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<code><a class="anchor" href="list.html">sequence</a> of <a class="anchor" href="string.html">string</a>s</code>;
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List of build settings that can be written by this transition. This must be a superset of the key set of the dictionary returned by this transition.
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