Bazel

Install the Bazel version declared in a project's .bazelversion file, so the version is not repeated in mise.toml.

Use a project's .bazelversion

Enable idiomatic version files for bazel in the project:

mise settings add --local idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools bazel

--local writes the setting to the project's mise.toml, so everyone who clones the project reads .bazelversion. Drop --local to enable it for all your projects in your global config instead.

For example, a project selects Bazel 9.2.0 with this file:

.bazelversion

9.2.0

From that project, install the selected tools and check Bazel:

mise install
mise exec -- bazel --version

mise tool bazel --requested shows the version request mise read. If the project also sets Bazel in mise.toml, remove that entry so .bazelversion selects the version.

Check which values mise reads

mise reads only the first line of .bazelversion. It accepts concrete release versions, including release candidates and prereleases:

Value	Read by mise?
7.2.1	Yes
8.0.0rc1	Yes
5.0.0-pre.20210317.1	Yes
latest, latest-1, last_green, last_rc, rolling	No
8.x, 8.*	No
A commit hash or <FORK>/<VERSION>	No

An unsupported value gives no version request, even if a later line contains a supported version. To select Bazel independently of such a file, set it in mise.toml:

mise use bazel@9.2.0

Use Bazelisk instead

Bazelisk is a launcher that reads .bazelversion itself and downloads the Bazel release it names. If your project relies on Bazelisk's version selectors, such as last_green, install Bazelisk with mise and let it read the file:

mise use bazelisk
mise exec -- bazelisk --version

.bazelversion selects the Bazel version, not the Bazelisk version, so enabling idiomatic version files for bazelisk has no effect.