Mention that redirection from HTTP to HTTPS doesn't work

Fixes #527.

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MOS_MIGRATED_REVID=125447030

4 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpArchiveRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpArchiveRule.java
index 465e725ad2..1256c54f44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpArchiveRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpArchiveRule.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class HttpArchiveRule implements RuleDefinition {
          A URL referencing an archive file containing a Bazel repository.
 
          <p>Archives of type .zip, .jar, .war, .tar.gz or .tgz are supported. There is no support
-         for authentication. Redirections are followed.</p>
+         for authentication. Redirections are followed, but not from HTTP to HTTPS.</p>
          <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE --> */
         .add(attr("url", STRING).mandatory())
         /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(http_archive).ATTRIBUTE(sha256) -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpFileRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpFileRule.java
index e0d20a8518..b4e3dc9d96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpFileRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpFileRule.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class HttpFileRule implements RuleDefinition {
          A URL to a file that will be made available to Bazel.
 
          <p>This must be an http or https URL. Authentication is not support.
-         Redirections are followed.</p>
+         Redirections are followed, but not from HTTP to HTTPS.</p>
          <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE --> */
         .add(attr("url", STRING).mandatory())
         /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(http_file).ATTRIBUTE(sha256) -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpJarRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpJarRule.java
index d249e9d2ea..06769ce19a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpJarRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/HttpJarRule.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public class HttpJarRule implements RuleDefinition {
         /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(http_jar).ATTRIBUTE(url) -->
         A URL to an archive file containing a Bazel repository.
 
-        <p>This must be an http or https URL that ends with .jar. Redirections are followed.</p>
+        <p>This must be an http or https URL that ends with .jar. Redirections are followed, but
+        not from HTTP to HTTPS.</p>
         <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE --> */
         .add(attr("url", STRING).mandatory())
         /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(http_jar).ATTRIBUTE(sha256) -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/NewHttpArchiveRule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/NewHttpArchiveRule.java
index 3913004b53..b86f0f0658 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/NewHttpArchiveRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/workspace/NewHttpArchiveRule.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class NewHttpArchiveRule implements RuleDefinition {
          A URL referencing an archive file containing a Bazel repository.
 
          <p>Archives of type .zip, .jar, .war, .tar.gz or .tgz are supported. There is no support
-         for authentication. Redirections are followed.</p>
+         for authentication. Redirections are followed, but not from HTTP to HTTPS.</p>
          <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE --> */
         .add(attr("url", STRING).mandatory())
         /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(new_http_archive).ATTRIBUTE(sha256) -->