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icon: material/database-outline
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# Caching
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Some of the [built-in plugins] implement intelligent caching mechanisms, which
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massively speed up consecutive builds by reducing the amount of work that needs
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to be done. This guide explains how to configure caching in different
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environments.
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## Prerequisites
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Caching is entirely optional but enabled by default. It can be disabled per
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plugin. If not configured otherwise, plugins will cache their data in the
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`.cache` folder in the root of your project. For this reason it's recommended
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to create a `.gitignore` file in the root of your project:
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``` title=".gitignore"
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.cache
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```
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This ensures that cached files are not added to your git repository – something
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that is generally not recommended to do unless absolutely necessary. In some
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cases, you might need to check in cached files, e.g. when you need to
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pre-generate [social cards] locally, e.g., when you're not be able to install
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the image processing dependencies in your continuous integration (CI)
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environment.
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In this case, we recommend changing the `cache_dir` setting – something that all
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plugins that implement caching share – to a folder which you add to your git
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repository.
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[built-in plugins]: ../index.md
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[social cards]: ../../setup/setting-up-social-cards.md
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