Bazel analysis fails calling io_fread on a directory #13718
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
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Package ecosystem
bazel
Package manager version
8.4.2
Language version
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Manifest location and content before the Dependabot update
dependabot.yml content
Updated dependency
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What you expected to see, versus what you actually saw
The updater failed with
updater | 2025/12/05 09:52:30 ERROR <job_1175020137> Error during file fetching; aborting: Is a directory @ io_fread - /home/dependabot/dependabot-updater/repo/java/kotlin-extractor/src
updater | 2025/12/05 09:52:30 ERROR <job_1175020137> Is a directory @ io_fread - /home/dependabot/dependabot-updater/repo/java/kotlin-extractor/src
2025/12/05 09:52:30 ERROR <job_1175020137> /home/dependabot/common/lib/dependabot/file_fetchers/base.rb:235:in 'IO.read'
2025/12/05 09:52:30 ERROR <job_1175020137> /home/dependabot/common/lib/dependabot/file_fetchers/base.rb:235:in 'Dependabot::FileFetchers::Base#load_cloned_file_if_present'
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I wonder if this repository rule here is what threw the updater off.
Native package manager behavior
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Images of the diff or a link to the PR, issue, or logs
https://github.com/github/codeql/actions/runs/19959165523/job/57235136213
Smallest manifest that reproduces the issue
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