tools/build_rules/template.bzl

def _jinja2_template_impl(ctx):
    out = ctx.outputs.out
    parameters = dict(ctx.attr.parameters)
    parameters.update(ctx.attr.list_parameters)

    ctx.actions.run_shell(
        inputs = ctx.files.src + ctx.files.includes,
        tools = [ctx.executable._jinja2],
        progress_message = "Generating " + out.short_path,
        outputs = [out],
        command = ctx.executable._jinja2.path + " " + ctx.files.src[0].path + " '" + str(parameters) + "' " + out.path,
    )

    return [DefaultInfo(files = depset([out])), OutputGroupInfo(out = depset([out]))]

jinja2_template_rule = rule(
    attrs = {
        "out": attr.output(
            mandatory = True,
            doc = """The file to generate using the template. If using the jinja2_template macro below, this will automatically be populated with the contents of the `name` parameter.""",
        ),
        "src": attr.label(
            mandatory = True,
            allow_single_file = True,
            doc = """The jinja2 template file to expand.""",
        ),
        "parameters": attr.string_dict(
            mandatory = False,
            default = {},
            doc = """The string parameters to supply to Jinja2.""",
        ),
        "list_parameters": attr.string_list_dict(
            mandatory = False,
            default = {},
            doc = """The string list parameters to supply to Jinja2.""",
        ),
        "includes": attr.label_list(
            allow_files = True,
            doc = """Files which are included by the template.""",
        ),
        "_jinja2": attr.label(
            default = "//tools/build_rules:jinja2_generator",
            cfg = "host",
            executable = True,
        ),
    },
    implementation = _jinja2_template_impl,
    doc = """Expands a jinja2 template given parameters.""",
)

def jinja2_template(name, src, parameters = {}, list_parameters = {}, **kwargs):
    if "." not in name:
        fail("No file extension in " + name)

    # Since the `out` field will be set to `name`, and the name for the rule must
    # differ from `out`, name the rule as the `name` minus the
    # file extension.
    dot_index = name.rindex(".")
    rule_name = name[:dot_index]

    jinja2_template_rule(name = rule_name, out = name, src = src, parameters = parameters, list_parameters = list_parameters, **kwargs)