Release Notes:
Configurability: + The new ctx.configuration.short_id field provides a short identifier for the current configuration that is understood by bazel config. (#27219)
ExternalDeps: + Added repository_ctx.original_name, which contains the original value of the name attribute as specified at the repo rule call site. (#27034) + Modules backed by http_archive or git_repository no longer require a MODULE.bazel file to be contained in the source archive. (#27216)
Acknowledgements:
This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as bazel.build machine account, David Zbarsky, Fabian Meumertzheim, Greg, Grzegorz Lukasik, Ruoyu Zhong, Son Luong Ngoc, Ulrik Falklof.
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