[ Feature ] (File Management) Support for --sym_link for outputs that do not produce standard build links & output control

[robbie-vanderzee]

Sym_link

Builds which reroute bazel output cannot be generated for, request to add support for this

Output

compile_commands.json is always placed in the TLD. Ideally, we should be able to configure where this artifact is placed.

[robbie-vanderzee]

Related: #202 .

[PeterAaser]

Hi, I'm new to bazel and I'm having problems that leads me to this issue.
With build --symlink_prefix=build/bazel- in my .bazelrc I get the following error:

>>> //bazel-out is missing. Please remove --symlink_prefix and --experimental_convenience_symlinks, so the workspace mirrors the compilation environment.

Am I understanding it correctly that this issue seeks to fix this problem/limitation, making it so that the symlink directories can be put elsewhere?