Merge branch 'main' into copilot/automate-go-version-updates-again

Author: owen-mc

.bazelrc

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ build --compilation_mode opt
 common --override_module=semmle_code=%workspace%/misc/bazel/semmle_code_stub
 
 build --repo_env=CC=clang --repo_env=CXX=clang++
+# Disable Android SDK auto-detection (we don't use it, and rules_android has Bazel 9 compatibility issues)
+build --repo_env=ANDROID_HOME=
 
 # print test output, like sembuild does.
 # Set to `errors` if this is too verbose.
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ common --@rules_dotnet//dotnet/settings:strict_deps=false
 common --@rules_rust//rust/toolchain/channel=nightly
 
 # Reduce this eventually to empty, once we've fixed all our usages of java, and https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_go/issues/4193 is fixed
-common --incompatible_autoload_externally="+@rules_java,+@rules_shell"
+common --incompatible_autoload_externally="+@rules_cc,+@rules_java,+@rules_shell"
 
 build --java_language_version=17
 build --tool_java_language_version=17

.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.4.2
+9.0.0

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+    exclude-paths:
+      - "misc/bazel/registry/**"