Disable Bzlmod, upgrade Bazel to 7.7.0, and patch Protobuf to fix version mismatch.

Author: vkarampudi

.bazelrc

@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ build:short_logs --output_filter=DONT_MATCH_ANYTHING
 
 build:macos --macos_minimum_os=10.12
 
+common --noenable_bzlmod

.bazelversion

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-6.5.0
+7.7.0
+

WORKSPACE

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ http_archive(
     urls = [
         "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v6.31.1.zip",
     ],
+    patches = ["//third_party:protobuf_retain_options.patch"],
+    patch_args = ["-p1"],
 )
 
 # ===== TensorFlow dependency =====
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ http_archive(
     name = "org_tensorflow",
     sha256 = _TENSORFLOW_ARCHIVE_SHA256,
     urls = [
-        "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/%s.tar.gz" % _TENSORFLOW_GIT_COMMIT,
+        "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/v%s.tar.gz" % _TENSORFLOW_GIT_COMMIT,
     ],
     strip_prefix = "tensorflow-%s" % _TENSORFLOW_GIT_COMMIT,
     patches = ["//third_party:tensorflow.patch"],

third_party/protobuf_retain_options.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- a/bazel/private/proto_library_rule.bzl
++++ b/b/bazel/private/proto_library_rule.bzl
+@@ -166,4 +166,3 @@
+     if ctx.attr._experimental_proto_descriptor_sets_include_source_info[BuildSettingInfo].value:
+         args.add("--include_source_info")
+-    args.add("--retain_options")
+