Serialized descriptors for protoc plugin interface, used for bootstrapping the protoc plugin If needed, they can be regenerated with: $ cd /path/to/google/protobuf $ protoc -o descriptor.pb -Isrc src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto $ protoc -o plugin.pb -Isrc src/google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.proto $ cd /path/to/google-protobuf-dynamic $ perl scripts/make_plugin_interface.pl