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Hey, is there a way to provide the Git python package as dependency to use it in rules?

I want to generate a version for a python package, based on Git magic, but I dont get Git installed as dependency to use it in rules. :thinking_face:

that is slightly challenging to do safely: <https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/13724> is a ticket for supporting it

it is possible to use thirdparty dependencies from `@rules` by adding them to your `plugins=` list in `pants.toml`. but you’d have to mark the rules that use git `@_uncacheable_rule` or, mark their return types `EngineAware.cacheable = False`

great! if you have a moment, mentioning on the issue what you are using `git` for in this context would be helpful… we need to decide there how much to expose.