bootstrap

Aspect Bootstrap Utility

The bootstrap utility is a lightweight command-line application that is installed on a client machine, allowing the client to easily initialze a Bazel workspace to use the aspect-cli.

Use Case

The following represents the desired workflow for a client to start using the aspect-cli.

$ brew install aspect-cli
$ cd my_bazel_workspace
$ aspect init
# Start using aspect-cli functionality in the workspace

The install brew install aspect-cli invocation installs the bootstrap utility with the name apsect. The utility supports two commands, version and init. The version command prints the version information for the bootstrap command-line application. The init command, when run from an existing Bazel workspace, updates the .bazelversion with the appropriate directives to download the aspect-cli. Any commands not recognized by bootstrap are passed along to aspect-cli.

Future Work

• Provide a wizard to help clients create a Bazel workspace.