Description of the feature request:

Forking from #25167 and its implementation in #25205, it was requested during code review that the default output root on macOS be moved from the historically relevant /private/var/tmp to the more conventional $HOME/Library/Caches. This issue serves to track that implementation.

As a relatively new contributor, it's unclear if this is would be an incompatible change, though based on the fact I can't see any incompatible startup options, I am assuming it's either atypical or not supported in the release model. Happy to roll this out in any way a contributor sees fit for it to be.

Which category does this issue belong to?

Core

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

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Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

macOS 15.3.1

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 8.0.1

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

No response

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

[email protected]:aaronsky/bazel.git
95bbed03758a7651916d0708a892f5342a0421c5

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

No response

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

No response