Improve caching

use buildbuddy for build cache
only write to non-build caches from master, which should save cache
space and increase hit rates.

Change-Id: I33464f548bd63ae790f328c58be767f48e62568b

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: mount bazel disk cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: "~/.cache/bazel_disk_cache"
-          key: bazel-disk-test-${{ matrix.toolchain }}-${{ matrix.feature }}
+      - name: set buildbuddy-api-key
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --remote_header=x-buildbuddy-api-key=${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}' >> .bazelrc
+
+      - name: set bazel upload flags
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --noremote_upload_local_results' >> .bazelrc
 
       - name: mount bazel other caches
         # restore only on these jobs because GitHub free doesn't
@@ -57,11 +60,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: muont bazel disk cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: "~/.cache/bazel_disk_cache"
-          key: bazel-disk-coverage
+      - name: set buildbuddy-api-key
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --remote_header=x-buildbuddy-api-key=${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}' >> .bazelrc
+
+      - name: set bazel upload flags
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --noremote_upload_local_results' >> .bazelrc
 
       - name: mount bazel other caches
         # This is the only one that writes to the cache, not restore.
@@ -71,6 +77,18 @@ jobs:
         # just taking advantage of the fact that this one is
         # not a matrix and so only has one job.
         uses: actions/cache@v3
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            "~/.cache/bazel_install_base"
+            "~/.cache/bazel_output_base/external"
+            "~/.cache/bazel_repository_cache"
+            "~/.cache/bazelisk"
+          key: bazel-other
+
+      - name: mount bazel other caches
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
         with:
           path: |
             "~/.cache/bazel_install_base"
@@ -116,11 +134,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: muont bazel disk cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: "~/.cache/bazel_disk_cache"
-          key: bazel-disk-build-${{ matrix.flag }}
+      - name: set buildbuddy-api-key
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --remote_header=x-buildbuddy-api-key=${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}' >> .bazelrc
+
+      - name: set bazel upload flags
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --noremote_upload_local_results' >> .bazelrc
 
       - name: mount bazel other caches
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
@@ -152,11 +173,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: muont bazel disk cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: "~/.cache/bazel_disk_cache"
-          key: bazel-disk-buildifier
+      - name: set buildbuddy-api-key
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --remote_header=x-buildbuddy-api-key=${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}' >> .bazelrc
+
+      - name: set bazel upload flags
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+        run: |
+          echo 'build --noremote_upload_local_results' >> .bazelrc
 
       - name: mount bazel other caches
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3

.github/workflows/ci.bazelrc

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ build --color=yes
 build --show_timestamps
 build --terminal_columns=120
 
-common --disk_cache=/home/runner/.cache/bazel_disk_cache
+# remote cache through buildbuddy
+build --bes_results_url=https://app.buildbuddy.io/invocation/
+build --bes_backend=grpcs://remote.buildbuddy.io
+build --remote_cache=grpcs://remote.buildbuddy.io
+build --remote_timeout=3600
+
 common --repository_cache=/home/runner/.cache/bazel_repository_cache
 
 startup --host_jvm_args=-Xmx2500m # avoid blowing up the RAM usage.