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Version: 2.21

relocated_files

Loose files with path manipulation applied.

Allows you to relocate the files at runtime to something more convenient than their actual paths in your project.

For example, you can relocate src/resources/project1/data.json to instead be resources/data.json. Your other target types can then add this target to their dependencies field, rather than using the original files target.

To remove a prefix:

# Results in `data.json`.
relocated_files(
    files_targets=["src/resources/project1:target"],
    src="src/resources/project1",
    dest="",
)

To add a prefix:

# Results in `images/logo.svg`.
relocated_files(
    files_targets=["//:logo"],
    src="",
    dest="images",
)

To replace a prefix:

# Results in `new_prefix/project1/data.json`.
relocated_files(
    files_targets=["src/resources/project1:target"],
    src="src/resources",
    dest="new_prefix",
)

Backend: pants.core

dest​

str
required

The new prefix that you want to add to the beginning of the path, such as data.

You can set this field to the empty string to avoid adding any new values to the path; the value in the src field will then be stripped, rather than replaced.

files_targets​

Iterable[str]
required

Addresses to the original file and files targets that you want to relocate, such as ['//:json_files'].

Every target will be relocated using the same mapping. This means that every target must include the value from the src field in their original path.

src​

str
required

The original prefix that you want to replace, such as src/resources.

You can set this field to the empty string to preserve the original path; the value in the dest field will then be added to the beginning of this original path.

description​

str | None
default: None

A human-readable description of the target.

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

tags​

Iterable[str] | None
default: None

Arbitrary strings to describe a target.

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