Expose the logic to read user netrc file (bazelbuild#14990)

Repository rules that download repositories from internal website often need to read users `.netrc` files. This PR exposes the logic for other repository rules to use.

Closes bazelbuild#14588.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 423291624
(cherry picked from commit f421474)

Co-authored-by: Zhongpeng Lin <[email protected]>

Author: brentleyjones

tools/build_defs/repo/http.bzl

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ load(
     ":utils.bzl",
     "patch",
     "read_netrc",
+    "read_user_netrc",
     "update_attrs",
     "use_netrc",
     "workspace_and_buildfile",
@@ -77,21 +78,9 @@ def _get_auth(ctx, urls):
     """Given the list of URLs obtain the correct auth dict."""
     if ctx.attr.netrc:
         netrc = read_netrc(ctx, ctx.attr.netrc)
-        return use_netrc(netrc, urls, ctx.attr.auth_patterns)
-
-    if "HOME" in ctx.os.environ and not ctx.os.name.startswith("windows"):
-        netrcfile = "%s/.netrc" % (ctx.os.environ["HOME"])
-        if ctx.execute(["test", "-f", netrcfile]).return_code == 0:
-            netrc = read_netrc(ctx, netrcfile)
-            return use_netrc(netrc, urls, ctx.attr.auth_patterns)
-
-    if "USERPROFILE" in ctx.os.environ and ctx.os.name.startswith("windows"):
-        netrcfile = "%s/.netrc" % (ctx.os.environ["USERPROFILE"])
-        if ctx.path(netrcfile).exists:
-            netrc = read_netrc(ctx, netrcfile)
-            return use_netrc(netrc, urls, ctx.attr.auth_patterns)
-
-    return {}
+    else:
+        netrc = read_user_netrc(ctx)
+    return use_netrc(netrc, urls, ctx.attr.auth_patterns)
 
 def _http_archive_impl(ctx):
     """Implementation of the http_archive rule."""

tools/build_defs/repo/utils.bzl

@@ -385,3 +385,25 @@ def use_netrc(netrc, urls, patterns):
             }
 
     return auth
+
+def read_user_netrc(ctx):
+    """Read user's default netrc file.
+
+    Args:
+      ctx: The repository context of the repository rule calling this utility function.
+
+    Returns:
+      dict mapping a machine names to a dict with the information provided about them.
+    """
+    if ctx.os.name.startswith("windows"):
+        home_dir = ctx.os.environ.get("USERPROFILE", "")
+    else:
+        home_dir = ctx.os.environ.get("HOME", "")
+
+    if not home_dir:
+        return {}
+
+    netrcfile = "{}/.netrc".format(home_dir)
+    if not ctx.path(netrcfile).exists:
+        return {}
+    return read_netrc(ctx, netrcfile)