bazel build from cli passes, bazel build from clion fails

[stu]

Description of the bug:

from CLI, bazel build //... works no errors. build in clion fails.

error loading package 'external': the repository @@intellij_aspect does not exist, but has been specified as overridden with --override_repository. Use --inject_repository instead to add a new repository.

project fails to build.

Which category does this issue belong to?

CLion

What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

open the bazel repository examples/cpp-tutorial/stage3 in clion. hit build. fail.

Which Intellij IDE are you using? Please provide the specific version.

clion 2024.3.1

What programming languages and tools are you using? Please provide specific versions.

No response

What Bazel plugin version are you using?

2024.11.19.0.3-api-version-243

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No response

[tpasternak]

Hi, can you please share the result of bazel info release?

[styurin]

Try this:

echo 7.1.2 > .bazelversion

and run the command again.

Bazel 8.0.0 was released 4 days ago. If you use Bazelisk, it will pick it up automatically unless Bazel version is configured explicitly.

[davidprueser]

Had the same issue using version 8.0.0. After downgrading to 7.1.2, everything worked fine again.

[ujohnny]

This is a bug in the plugin when a user migrates from bazel 7 to bazel 8. The workaround is to find a projects/<your_project_name+somehash> in IntelliJ/CLion system directory and remove it (or rename to <name>.bak).

[tpasternak]

It might also be caused if you use a fork and the version string can't be parsed

[ujohnny]

oh, this seems to be more severe. working on it.

[ujohnny]

fixed by #7045

[ujohnny]

so there are several issues related to this message:

1. in version 2024.11.19.0.3 bazel 8 is not supported and bazel 7 should be used. the issue will be fixed in version 2024.12.03 to be published really soon
2. even in a master state Sync fails when bazel version is downgraded from 8 to something lower, see Bazel version downgrade from 8 to 7 leads to Unrecognized option: --inject_repository #7184 for details.