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Clean up cached data linked to old file modtimes #27

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Now that --modtime is supported it's possible for a cached invocation to become functionally unreachable1 but remain in the cache for an extended period of time. For example:

bkt --ttl=1d --modtime=.git/FETCH_HEAD -- git status

Any cached status will become unreachable whenever FETCH_HEAD is updated (i.e. after git fetch / git pull) but presently bkt can't actually clean up the data until the TTL expires. In principle bkt could clean up all existing cached data linked to a given file whenever its modtime changes.

Furthermore, if this functionality is added such commands could be allowed to not set a TTL at all (if they want) and simply rely on modtime invalidation.

This would be a somewhat sizable refactoring of the Bkt and Cache APIs, but it's probably worth the effort.

Footnotes

  1. yes a file could theoretically be set to a prior modtime, either manually or after a clock change, but this is uncommon and a cache miss in such circumstances is probably acceptable.

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