From 423e6e093987db0b38b86f1b22f7442539c9e020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Cvitkovic <ivanc@uw.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:35:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Cache Unchanged Layers (#50)

* Fixup default branch

* Prevent build version from invalidating cached pip installs

* Reuse unchanged image layers when building on CI
---
 .github/workflows/build-deliver.yaml | 4 +++-
 Dockerfile                           | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deliver.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-deliver.yaml
index 504507b6..08a18880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deliver.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deliver.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub Container Registry
         # TODO: pin to hash
-        uses: elgohr/Publish-Docker-Github-Action@master
+        uses: elgohr/Publish-Docker-Github-Action@main
         with:
           name: ${{ github.repository }}
           registry: ghcr.io
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ jobs:
           # create docker image tags to match git tags
           tag_names: true
           buildargs: VERSION_STRING
+          # cache layers that have not changed between builds (eg dependencies)
+          cache: true
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf42517a..17672847 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ FROM python:3.7
 
 WORKDIR /opt/app
 
-ARG VERSION_STRING
-ENV VERSION_STRING=$VERSION_STRING
-
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --requirement requirements.txt
 
 COPY . .
 
+ARG VERSION_STRING
+ENV VERSION_STRING=$VERSION_STRING
+
 ENV FLASK_APP=isacc_messaging.app:create_app() \
     PORT=8000