commit 9e4b7622039f8d17cb479815a7442acde52cf01d
author Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com> Wed Oct 24 16:48:41 2018 +0200
committer Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com> Wed Oct 24 23:31:54 2018 +0200
tree 88bf7efe883d624c2dd7c342f4f62f9096fc6017
parent 1b1fdfd89206aedffe2a6763ab547061f9d2a49f

Add suggested alias for bazelrc import location

See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319

.bazelrc

diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc31c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# load bazelrc from the legacy location
+# as recommended in https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319
+import %workspace%/tools/bazel.rc

tools/bazel.rc

diff --git a/tools/bazel.rc b/tools/bazel.rc
index 5b10721..bfdbc0c 100644
--- a/tools/bazel.rc
+++ b/tools/bazel.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# bazelrc file
+# bazel >= 0.18 looks for %workspace%/.bazelrc (which redirects here)
+# Older bazel versions look for %workspace%/tools/bazel.rc (this file)
+# See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319
+
 build --client_env=CC=clang
 build --copt=-DGRPC_BAZEL_BUILD