How to use select to properly detect whether I am building C++ code in Windows or Linux?

Question

I am writing a sample C++ project that uses Bazel to serve as an example idiom for other collaborators to follow.

Here is the repository: https://github.com/thinlizz

Answer 1

Add a .bazelrc to your project. Add the lines build:vs2019 --cxxopt=/std:c++14 and build:gcc --cxxopt=-std=c++14. Build your code bazel build --config=msvc //... or bazel build --config=gcc //....

Answer 2

@bazel_tools contains predefined platform conditions:

$ bazel query @bazel_tools//src/conditions:all
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:windows_msys
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:windows_msvc
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:windows
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:remote
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:host_windows_msys
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:host_windows_msvc
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:host_windows
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:freebsd
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:darwin_x86_64
@bazel_tools//src/conditions:darwin

You can use them directly in the BUILD file:

cc_library(
  name = "impl",
  srcs = ["Implementation.cpp"] + select({
    "@bazel_tools//src/conditions:windows": ["ImplementationWin.cpp"],
    "@bazel_tools//src/conditions:darwin": ["ImplementationMacOS.cpp"],
     "//conditions:default": ["ImplementationLinux.cpp"],
  }),
  # .. same for hdrs and data
)

cc_binary(
  name = "demo",
  deps = [":impl"],
)

See the documentation for select for details on the syntax.