Initialize Bazel WORKSPACE and a testing packages

.gitignore

@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ build/
 .pydevproject
 Makefile
 .test_env/
+
+*~
+bazel-*

WORKSPACE

+git_repository(
+    name = "org_pubref_rules_protobuf",
+    remote = "https://github.com/pubref/rules_protobuf",
+    tag = "v0.7.1",
+)
+
+load("@org_pubref_rules_protobuf//cpp:rules.bzl", "cpp_proto_repositories")
+cpp_proto_repositories()

third_party/protobuf_test/BUILD

+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2.0
+
+load("@org_pubref_rules_protobuf//cpp:rules.bzl", "cpp_proto_library")
+
+cpp_proto_library(
+    name = "example_proto",
+    protos = [
+        "example.proto"
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "example_lib",
+    srcs = ["example_lib.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["example_lib.h"],
+    deps = [":example_proto"],
+)

third_party/protobuf_test/README.md

+This package tests that Bazel can build protobuf related rules.

third_party/protobuf_test/example.proto

+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package protos;
+
+message Greeting {
+  string name = 1;
+}

third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.cc

+#include "third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h"
+#include <string>
+
+std::string get_greet(const ::protos::Greeting& who) {
+  return "Hello " + who.name();
+}

third_party/protobuf_test/example_lib.h

+#pragma once
+
+#include "third_party/protobuf_test/example.pb.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+std::string get_greet(const ::protos::Greeting &who);