Clear cache on Azure DevOps Pipeline

[obiwanjacobi]

I am running into a problem where old bicep files are fetched from the cache during execution of a pipeline.

I build the bicep files with an az bicep build command and the bicep files reference my bicep registry using an alias configured in bicepconfig.json.

I am in the process of developing the modules that are published to the bicep registry and change them without bumping the version tag. It would be very tedious to have to do that, so I am looking for a way to clear the bicep cache, or force-restore all bicep file references at the beginning of a deployment.

Related issues I've found:

• Option to clear module cache Option to clear module cache #6320 (closed)
• Add force download option to bicep restore Add force download option to bicep restore #4758 (closed)

[brwilkinson]

Is this mainly for self-hosted build agents in your case ?

[obiwanjacobi]

Yes - sorry I forgot to mention that.

[obiwanjacobi]

A bicep build --force-restore <bicep-file> could also work (--force-restore being akin to --no-restore) ...?

[brwilkinson]

it appears --force was added here

• Add force modules restore support in CLI and VS Code #6382

appears the help was not updated.

can you test this one?

[obiwanjacobi]

I've added a bicep restore --force just before my bicep build command and have not had any problems all day.
That seems to work fine. Thanks!