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Consider marking the cache folder as a cache folder #360

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mikix opened this issue Aug 17, 2020 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #547
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Consider marking the cache folder as a cache folder #360

mikix opened this issue Aug 17, 2020 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #547

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mikix commented Aug 17, 2020

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It might make users' lives easier to mark flatpak-builder’s .flatpak-builder cache directories (which understandably live outside the xdg cache locations) as cache folders via the cachedir spec: https://bford.info/cachedir/

Which basically means putting a CACHEDIR.TAG file at its root.

Once done, programs like tar, restic, borg, and deja-dup will either automatically or with-a-flag ignore your build/cache dirs.
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So essentially write file with contents Signature: 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55 inside .flatpak_builder directory upon creation? Doesn't seem overly complex.

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mikix commented Oct 26, 2020

Yes exactly.

Good call, I had forgotten to mention the Signature bit

Vanadiae added a commit to Vanadiae/flatpak-builder that referenced this issue Apr 25, 2023
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context: Create CACHEDIR.TAG file in state dir
d511474 
This makes it possible for backup software to detect and ignore the
whole folder.

Fixes flatpak#360
@Vanadiae Vanadiae linked a pull request Apr 25, 2023 that will close this issue
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