Continuous Delivery 2.0

Jul 8, 2024 · Operations

Reformatting 100k+ BUILD Files at Google: The Story of Buildifier

This article recounts how Google engineer Laurent Le Brun and the Bazel team designed, built, and rolled out Buildifier—a code‑formatting tool that automatically reformatted over one hundred thousand BUILD files—detailing the technical challenges, testing strategies, large‑scale deployment, and the resulting improvements in code consistency and developer productivity.