Primary shared cache file UX improvements#8188
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Addresses feedback from PR #8188.
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This PR addresses the following issues:
It also adds some clarification on how analysis databases for shared caches are handled differently from regular analysis databases. Had an Enterprise customer that lost some time because their expectations didn't account for this difference and figured it would be good to spell it out more clearly.
One of the primary changes here is the introduction of a load setting,
loader.dsc.primaryFilePath, which is intended to be used in headless settings to specify where the primary shared cache file is. An example of using this is now also in the documentation.This is still pretty annoying, though, so I've changed and expanded how we search for the primary shared cache file. We should now handle cases like accidentally choosing a
.bndbfile better. We should also be able to handle shared caches being stored within projects more gracefully as well. I tried to keep Enterprise collaboration in mind with these changes and I don't believe there should be any strange conflicts introduced.