Do not make a copy of PUB_CACHE, just create an empty one instead. #4032
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Copying my 11GB
PUB_CACHEcrashedcreateThrowawayPubCache, something aboutLink. But fundamentally, it's probably almost as fast to just download the packages again.And if we really want to avoid downloading the
PUB_CACHEwe could avoidglobal activate, or create aPUB_CACHEwe can clone inside.dart_tool/.But creating a copy of the default
PUB_CACHEis not likely to be faster, and probably harder to do, since you can have entire git checkouts, and legacy packages that were extracted with systemtarwhich might have symlinks inside them 🙈(You could also argue I should clean up my 11GB
PUB_CACHE, 🤣)