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Issue #14433

Try to improve the cache behavior for `ADD` and `COPY` commands.

Signed-off-by: Charles Chan <charleswhchan@users.noreply.github.com>

Charles Chan authored on 2015/07/18 13:20:06
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 of the child images is sufficient.  However, certain instructions require
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 a little more examination and explanation.
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-* In the case of the `ADD` and `COPY` instructions, the contents of the file(s)
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-being put into the image are examined. Specifically, a checksum is done
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-of the file(s) and then that checksum is used during the cache lookup.
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-If anything has changed in the file(s), including its metadata,
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-then the cache is invalidated. The last-modified and last-accessed times of the
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-file(s) are not considered in these checksums.
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+* For the `ADD` and `COPY` instructions, the contents of the file(s) 
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+in the image are examined and a checksum is calculated for each file. 
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+The last-modified and last-accessed times of the file(s) are not considered in 
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+these checksums. During the cache lookup, the checksum is compared against the 
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+checksum in the existing images. If anything has changed in the file(s), such 
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+as the contents and metadata, then the cache is invalidated. 
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 * Aside from the `ADD` and `COPY` commands cache checking will not look at the
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 files in the container to determine a cache match. For example, when processing