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Yes, exactly.

Earthly is explicit about inputs ( using COPY) and outputs of each build step. This let's it be 100% certain about whether it can cache parts of the build.

If you are familiar with docker layer-based caching and Bazel, you can imagine how Earthly works to eliminate rework in builds.

Here is a small monorepo example: https://github.com/earthly/earthly-solutions



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