Windows + Bazel : props_path with forward slash and "cat" use breaks all

[gattytto]

hello, I'm referring to the use of this library in vscode with windows11 and powershell as a terminal, this line makes a reference to something like this:

"C:/users/administrador/_bazel_administrador/y554zjiy/external/com_google_api_gax_java/dependencies.properties"
and tries to "cat" the file so double problem, powershell will not find forward slashed path and "cat" command does not exist in windows, although there's an alternative to it called "type" which is an alias to powershell "Get-Content".

to reproduce: pull some googleapis api in vscode and try to populate the bazel build targets window using the little refresh button.

thanks in advance

[suztomo]

@gattytto Thank you for filing the issue. I'm afraid that we cannot commit to building this library in Windows environment due to it incurring build environment maintenance reason.

The library published to Maven Central works in Windows environment.

[suztomo]

@gattytto I clarified the required environment in README.md. I believe you just reported the issue because this Bazel build didn't work in Windows, and you don't actually need to build this project. If this is not the case (you really need Windows + Bazel build for gax-java project), please let us know.