When I'm running the

tailor

goal, is there some machinery that I can hook into to influence what targets get autogenerated into the BUILD files? For instance "For every directory with a

__main__.py

add a `python_distribution`"

You can write a plugin that hooks the

PutativeTargetsRequest

union. Then your plugin can return whatever targets it wants

tailor

to write out.

Great, thanks!

This is such a great tip.

PutativeTargetsRequest

isn't mentioned in the docs at all, or in the `example-plugin`repo. I think it is worth bringing up briefly in any of these: the docs, example repo, or as a short "tip" blog entry. @hundreds-father-404 thoughts?

yeah, it would be great to have that documented! In the meantime, check out this example: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/main/src/python/pants/backend/codegen/protobuf/tailor.py

Thanks, that's super helpful 🙂