Description of the feature request:

The http_archive/file/jar rules read the user's .netrc file in order to authenticate, as of 7.1.0. Presumably as a consequence of this, the netrc file appears in external repo marker files. This means that changes to the netrc file cause re-fetching of these dependencies.

Which category does this issue belong to?

External Dependency

What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

Changes to .netrc should not cause re-fetching of external dependencies that have been successfully fetched.

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Linux

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 7.1.1

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

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What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD ?

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Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

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