Caching Shards?

[Kentoseth]

I am copy/pasting this issue from Amber - here

As this is an issue with shards and not amber.

Description

Is it possible to cache the shards and then share those saved packages across different projects (when creating a new project)?

Currently when I attempt to create 2 or 3 different projects, it is re-downloading the same shards each time, whereas I already have them all downloaded locally.

If this doesn't exist already, it can be considered a feature

Steps to Reproduce

1. amber new blog1
2. Now in an alternative directory: amber new blog2
3. I tried to copy/paste both lib/ and .shards/ each to a new project, but when running shards install it still re-downloads the shards.
4. I also tried to create a project within an existing-project (assuming shards would be fetched upstream), but it still downloads the shards

Expected behavior: [What you expect to happen]

It should be possible to cache and share packages across projects (or cache the projects at a higher level and let different projects fetch from the cache first)

Actual behavior: [What actually happens]

Shards are downloaded repeatedly.

Reproduces how often: [What percentage of the time does it reproduce?]

Every time.

Versions

You can get this information from copy and pasting the output of amber --version and amber --version from the command line. Also, please include the OS and what version of the OS you're running.

Amber CMD (amberframework.org) - v0.3.0
Crystal 0.23.1

[ysbaddaden]

Duplicate of #180.

Also, shards are already cached, but locally to a project, and only reinstalled when it's needed.

[Kentoseth]

@ysbaddaden is it possible for me to copy shards from 1 project to another? I am using the same shards for amber projects repeatedly.

[ysbaddaden]

Yes. That would avoid full clones, but won't prevent running "git fetch" to make sure we have up to date repository versions.

[Kentoseth]

@ysbaddaden

which folders must I copy specifically?

.shards/
&&
lib/

?

[ysbaddaden]

.shards will suffice. It contains the full Git clones. The lib folder will be populated from them.