ci: Refactor timelord action to use git-warp-time fallback #994

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tcpipuk commented 2025-09-08 01:04:04 +00:00

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Updates the timelord action to fall back to git-warp-time when the cache is completely empty, enabling timestamp restoration even on fresh builds.

When git-warp-time is used, performs an unshallow fetch to get full history, while subsequent runs use normal fetches. Simplifies the interface by making inputs optional with sensible defaults.

Adds binary caching for timelord-cli and git-warp-time tools to avoid repeated installations, and updates paths to use /usr/share/rust/.cargo/bin/ for the catthehacker runner image used by the dind profile (may need updating if/when switching to standard image).

The main timelord restore now happens inside the Dockerfile itself, as Docker intentionally wipes all file mtimes on COPY/ADD operations.

Updates the timelord action to fall back to git-warp-time when the cache is completely empty, enabling timestamp restoration even on fresh builds. When git-warp-time is used, performs an unshallow fetch to get full history, while subsequent runs use normal fetches. Simplifies the interface by making inputs optional with sensible defaults. Adds binary caching for timelord-cli and git-warp-time tools to avoid repeated installations, and updates paths to use /usr/share/rust/.cargo/bin/ for the catthehacker runner image used by the dind profile (may need updating if/when switching to standard image). The main timelord restore now happens inside the Dockerfile itself, as Docker intentionally wipes all file mtimes on COPY/ADD operations.

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tcpipuk changed title from WIP: ci: Preserve git timestamps to improve build cache efficiency to ci: Refactor timelord action to use git-warp-time fallback 2025-09-08 08:34:16 +00:00

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Jade approved these changes 2025-09-10 14:05:50 +00:00

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Any reason not to merge this?

Any reason not to merge this?

tcpipuk commented 2025-09-10 14:19:31 +00:00

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It may cause some weirdness for people building the Docker image locally, so I intended to test it, but was busy the last 2 days helping someone move house - I can spend some time on it this evening, or we can just merge and you can playtest home Docker builds later 😉

It may cause some weirdness for people building the Docker image locally, so I intended to test it, but was busy the last 2 days helping someone move house - I can spend some time on it this evening, or we can just merge and you can playtest home Docker builds later 😉

Jade commented 2025-09-10 14:26:38 +00:00

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Ah yeah.
My image does it like this:

# Timelord sync
RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/timelord/ \
    timelord sync --source-dir . --cache-dir /timelord/

Can probably insert via cache dance action, to make it work the same locally

Ah yeah. My image does it like this: ``` # Timelord sync RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/timelord/ \ timelord sync --source-dir . --cache-dir /timelord/ ``` Can probably insert via cache dance action, to make it work the same locally

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ci: Make timelord docker work locally a81546374d

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