From 9e4b7622039f8d17cb479815a7442acde52cf01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:48:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add suggested alias for bazelrc import location

See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319
---
 .bazelrc       | 3 +++
 tools/bazel.rc | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .bazelrc

diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc31c54e94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# load bazelrc from the legacy location
+# as recommended in https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319
+import %workspace%/tools/bazel.rc
diff --git a/tools/bazel.rc b/tools/bazel.rc
index 5b107210c65..bfdbc0cacb9 100644
--- a/tools/bazel.rc
+++ b/tools/bazel.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# bazelrc file
+# bazel >= 0.18 looks for %workspace%/.bazelrc (which redirects here)
+# Older bazel versions look for %workspace%/tools/bazel.rc (this file)
+# See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6319
+
 build --client_env=CC=clang
 build --copt=-DGRPC_BAZEL_BUILD