The imports in proto files are relative to the search path (what you provide by -I), not to the files. You either need to the Level2 directory under the protobuf directory, or change the import in Level1.proto to import "level1/level2/Level2.proto"
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:54 PM Novice User <[email protected]> wrote: > I've nested proto (proto3) files [ Level0.proto depends on Level1.proto > which in turn depend on Level2.proto] with the below tree structure : > > > > Level0.proto > > syntax = "proto3"; > package protobufs;import "level1/Level1.proto"; > message Level0Message { > Level1Message level1message = 1;} > > Level1.proto > > syntax = "proto3"; > package protobufs.folderA;import "level2/Level2.proto"; > message Level1Message { > Level2Message level2Message = 1;} > > Level2.proto > > syntax = "proto3"; > package protobufs.folderA.folderB; > message Level2Message { > string innerMost = 1;} > > Compilation fails : > > $ protoc -I=./ --python_out=. *.proto > level2/Level2.proto: File not found. > level1/Level1.proto:4:1: Import "level2/Level2.proto" was not found or had > errors. > level1/Level1.proto:7:5: "Level2Message" is not defined. > Level0.proto:4:1: Import "level1/Level1.proto" was not found or had errors. > Level0.proto:7:3: "Level1Message" is not defined. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/81E01306-D492-4B20-903C-E1943FCD86AA%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/81E01306-D492-4B20-903C-E1943FCD86AA%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -Nadav -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/CANZcNEo%3DuJQ67m%3DNiW3-P7bhKgxFRZTxiwvj42B%2BWO%3D0FUi%3D2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
