Command-Line Reference

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bazel [<startup options>] <command> [<args>]

or

bazel [<startup options>] <command> [<args>] -- [<target patterns>]

See the User's Guide for the target patterns syntax.

Option Syntax

Options can be passed to Bazel in different ways. Options that require a value can be passed with either an equals sign or a space:

--<option>=<value>
--<option> <value>

Some options have a single character short form; in that case, the short form has to be passed with a single dash and a space.

-<short_form> <value>

Boolean options can be enabled as follows:

--<option>
--<option>=[true|yes|1]

and disabled as follows:

--no<option>
--<option>=[false|no|0]

Tristate options are usually set to automatic by default, and can be force-enabled as follows:

--<option>=[true|yes|1]

or force-disabled as follows:

--no<option>
--<option>=[false|no|0]