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.
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