Hi In which cases do we need to add ` resolve= `

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witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

first of all it should be fairly rare to need to add explicit dependencies

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

as in 1 of the time or less

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

if that s not the case that s the first thing to look into

ambitious-student-81104 · Answer

hmm OK if I have an upstream dependency declared with `resolve=parametrize a b ` and the target that depends on it also has ``resolve=parametrize a b ` should Pants just be able to figure out who uses what

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

when you do need to add an explicit dependency you should only need to append ` resolve= ` when 1 the dependency is `resolve=parametrize `d 2 the dependee does not want to use their own resolve since it will default to filling in the relevant resolve or the dependee doesn t have a resolve

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

gt if I have an upstream dependency declared with `resolve=parametrize a b ` and the target that depends on it also has ``resolve=parametrize a b ` should Pants just be able to figure out who uses what correct

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

dependency inference will only look at other targets in the same resolve and explicitly declared dependencies will automatically fill in `some dependency py` to `some dependency py resolve=myresolve` if the dependee has a resolve

ambitious-student-81104 · Answer

what does this mean you cannot reference a dependency in a different resolve anyway gt the dependee does not want to use their own resolve since it will default to filling in the relevant resolve

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

but make sure that you are on at least 2 12 the behavior didn t change between 2 11 and 2 12 but the error messages got much better

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

< ambitious student 81104> yea good point so only the latter part or the dependee doesn t have a resolve is relevant

ambitious-student-81104 · Answer

`doesn t have a resolve` isn t it defaulted to the default resolve of the repo

ambitious-student-81104 · Answer

I m on 2 12

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

< ambitious student 81104> an example would be something like an `archive` target or a `python distribution` maybe i don t have a good example

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

can t remember whether a `python distribution` is a member of a resolve

ambitious-student-81104 · Answer

might be best if you take a look I ll send you the branch and error message in the cb slack