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Version: 2.17.x

go_third_party_package

A package from a third-party Go module.

You should not explicitly create this target in BUILD files. Instead, add a go_mod target where you have your go.mod file, which will generate go_third_party_package targets for you.

Make sure that your go.mod and go.sum files include this package's module.

Backend: pants.backend.experimental.go

tags​

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Arbitrary strings to describe a target.

For example, you may tag some test targets with 'integration_test' so that you could run scie-pants-linux-x86_64 --tag='integration_test' test :: to only run on targets with that tag.

description​

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A human-readable description of the target.

Use scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list --documented :: to see all targets with descriptions.

dependencies​

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Addresses to other targets that this target depends on, e.g. ['helloworld/subdir:lib', 'helloworld/main.py:lib', '3rdparty:reqs#django'].

This augments any dependencies inferred by Pants, such as by analyzing your imports. Use scie-pants-linux-x86_64 dependencies or scie-pants-linux-x86_64 peek on this target to get the final result.

See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.17/docs/targets for more about how addresses are formed, including for generated targets. You can also run scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list :: to find all addresses in your project, or scie-pants-linux-x86_64 list dir to find all addresses defined in that directory.

If the target is in the same BUILD file, you can leave off the BUILD file path, e.g. :tgt instead of helloworld/subdir:tgt. For generated first-party addresses, use ./ for the file path, e.g. ./main.py:tgt; for all other generated targets, use :tgt#generated_name.

You may exclude dependencies by prefixing with !, e.g. ['!helloworld/subdir:lib', '!./sibling.txt']. Ignores are intended for false positives with dependency inference; otherwise, simply leave off the dependency from the BUILD file.

import_path​

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Import path in Go code to import this package.

This field should not be overridden; use the value from target generation.