unable to generate: argument list too long

[estk]

generate.sh

VERSION="0.4.5"
...

$ bazel version
Bazelisk version: development
Build label: 3.7.2
Build target: bazel-out/darwin-opt/bin/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/BazelServer_deploy.jar
Build time: Thu Dec 17 17:02:20 2020 (1608224540)
Build timestamp: 1608224540
Build timestamp as int: 1608224540

$ ../bazel_compilation_database.sh
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   142  100   142    0     0    535      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   535
100 14524  100 14524    0     0  25889      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
/usr/local/bin/bazel-compdb: line 103: /usr/local/bin/bazel: Argument list too long
/usr/local/bin/bazel-compdb: line 103: /usr/local/bin/bazel: Argument list too long

[siddharthab]

We probably need to use --target-pattern-file flag here instead of passing the targets on the command line.

Other alternatives are mentioned in bazelbuild/bazel#8609