This utility aims to improve the Magento developer experience by shortening the feedback loop during development through automating the removal of affected cache sections after file changes.
Assumptions:
- Magento uses caching a lot and is faster when the caches are warm.
- As a developer I want a quick feedback loop.
- Rebuilding the cache takes longer than cleaning the cache
To support the above assumptions, I want to only clean the cache segments I really have to after making some changes.
For example, if I make a change to a template, I only want to flush the
block_html and full_page caches, not the config or layout caches.
Thinking about what cache types need to be cleaned after a change and typing the exact command takes time, and it also gets very repetitive, so many developers simply nuke the whole cache after every change.
Automating selective cache cleaning improves the developer experience and enables faster delivery of results.