I am trying to create a nodeJS project pipeline and introduce caching layer so that the node_modules are not built always . I am using GITLAB pipelines and have the below stage for installing dependencies :-
Install Dependencies:
stage: install_dependencies
script:
- yarn install
cache:
key: $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-$CI_PROJECT_DIR
paths:
- node_modules/
- .yarn
only:
changes:
- package-lock.json
- yarn.lock
refs:
- merge_requests
- master
- ^(feature|hotfix)\/(.*)+$
tags:
- docker
The problem is, the pipeline isn't checking for the "changes" part and is always running the stage.
As per Gitlab's documentation :-
With only, individual keys are logically joined by an AND:
(any of refs) AND (any of variables) AND (any of changes) AND (if Kubernetes is active)
