How are transitive deps resolved?

Transitive deps are resolved through the Rules API. In call sites that need transitive deps, they say

await Get(Targets, TransitiveTargets([input_address1, input_address2])

(https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.0/docs/rules-api-and-target-api#transitive-dependencies-with-transitivetargets) In your plugin / fork of the

binary

goal, you could filter that out to exclude TF when relevant.

remove everything in deps_to_remove

Yeah, at the moment

deps_to_remove

(via

!

ignores) only applies to your direct deps, not your transitive deps. Possibly, we could add that mechanism - I’m curious if other would find it useful too.