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diff --git a/site/docs/remote-caching.md b/site/docs/remote-caching.md index 163f1122f2..939edce6c4 100644 --- a/site/docs/remote-caching.md +++ b/site/docs/remote-caching.md @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ make builds significantly faster. * [Delete content from the remote cache](#delete-content-from-the-remote-cache) * [Known Issues](#known-issues) * [External Links](#external-links) +* [Disk cache](#disk-cache) * [Bazel remote execution (in development)](#bazel-remote-execution-in-development) ## Remote caching overview @@ -306,14 +307,36 @@ You may want to delete content from the cache to: * Create a clean cache after a cache was poisoned * Reduce the amount of storage used by deleting old outputs +## Disk cache + +Bazel can use a directory on the file system as a remote cache. This is +useful for sharing build artifacts when switching branches and/or working +on multiple workspaces of the same project, such as multiple checkouts. Since +Bazel does not garbage-collect the directory, so you might want to automate a +periodic cleanup of this directory. Enable disk cache as follows: + +``` +build --disk_cache=/path/to/build/cache +``` + +You can pass a user-specific path to the `--disk_cache` flag using the `~` alias +(Bazel will substitute the current user's home directory). This comes in handy +when enabling disk cache for all developers of a project via the project's +checked in `.bazelrc` file. + +To enable cache hits across different workspaces, use the following flag: + +``` +build --experimental_strict_action_env +``` + ## Known issues -**Input file modification during a Build** +**Input file modification during a build** When an input file is modified during a build, Bazel might upload invalid results to the remote cache. We are working on a solution for this problem. -See [issue #3360] for updates. Avoid this problem by not editing source -files during a build. +See [issue #3360] for updates. Avoid modifying source files during a build. **Environment variables leaking into an action** |