Replace touch with bash builtin to fix NixOS compatibility#101
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Replace touch with bash builtin to fix NixOS compatibility#101DhashS wants to merge 1 commit intobuildbuddy-io:mainfrom
touch with bash builtin to fix NixOS compatibility#101DhashS wants to merge 1 commit intobuildbuddy-io:mainfrom
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Use `: >` (bash builtin) instead of `touch` (external command) to create output files. On NixOS with bazelisk, shell actions run with a stripped environment where external commands are not on PATH. Fixes buildbuddy-io#100 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
touch "$1"with: > "$1"in_bazel_env_rule_impltouch $@with: > $@in the toolchain genruleProblem
Fixes #100.
bazel_envfails on NixOS when using bazelisk (unpatched Bazel binaries). Bazel runsrun_shellactions with a stripped environment (exec env -), sotouch— an external command — is not found. On NixOS, tools live in the Nix store and are only reachable viaPATH.Fix
: >is a bash builtin (:is equivalent totrue) combined with output redirection, which creates/truncates a file identically totouchwithout requiring any external command onPATH. This is a no-op change on other platforms.Tested locally: 26/27 → 27/27 targets building with bazelisk on NixOS.
This PR was entirely vibe coded with Claude Code.