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Epic: limit cache validation to absolute necessity #9561

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We validate cache too much, almost every operation (status/repro/checkout/etc) does it every time and even though they don't rehash the files, it still takes a lot of time to validate cache for large datasets. This is mostly a leftover from our old hardlink/symlink defaults.

  • introduce dvc cache/remote check (or some other name)
  • don't validate on diff
  • don't validate on checkout (checkout: don't validate cache #9572)
  • don't validate on status (unless explicitly asked?)
  • don't validate on repro
  • ...

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