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# repository\_rule

A callable value that may be invoked during evaluation of the WORKSPACE file or within the implementation function of a module extension to instantiate and return a repository rule. Created by [`repository_rule()`](/versions/8.5.1/rules/lib/globals/bzl#repository_rule).