[#GRADLE-2267] Ability to cleanse the current dependency cache periodically

[GRADLE-2267] Ability to cleanse the current dependency cache periodically Created: 01/May/12 Updated: 03/Jan/17 Resolved: 03/Jan/17
Status:	Resolved
Project:	Gradle
Affects Version/s:	None
Fix Version/s:	None

Type:

New Feature

Reporter:

Luke Daley

Assignee:

Unassigned

Resolution:

Duplicate

Votes:

Description

Given that the dependency cache is opaque, there is no good way for the user to trim it. We should provide a convenient way for users to do this periodically (probably ad hoc as well, but I'll leave that out for now).

For periodic cleansing, I think the most common type of operation would be to want to remove things that have not been "accessed" in a certain time frames. e.g. delete everything that has not been used in 1 month.

Comments

Comment by Luke Daley [ 04/May/12 ]

Another option would be to provide a kind of API that allows the user to walk the cache and prune based on their own logic.

Comment by Jochen Hinrichsen [ 13/Feb/14 ]

Another option, especially when gradle is run in a CI environment, is to offer a commandline switch --cache-dir=project which will relocate the cache from the user's home directory to a project/ job local cache (default: --project-cache-dir). This option, combined with a fresh checkout each and every time, should be a safe way for both dependency resolution and housekeeping.

Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 03/Jan/17 ]

Closing as duplicate. The work will be tracked via https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/1085.

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[GRADLE-2267] Ability to cleanse the current dependency cache periodically Created: 01/May/12 Updated: 03/Jan/17 Resolved: 03/Jan/17