Merge branch 'set-default-cache-key-for-jobs' into 'master'

Set default cache key to 'default' for jobs

Closes #22419

See merge request !9666

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
index fd1171eff7e..b25ccd4376e 100644
--- a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
@@ -166,10 +166,11 @@ which can be set in GitLab's UI.
 cached between jobs. You can only use paths that are within the project
 workspace.
 
-**By default the caching is enabled per-job and per-branch.**
+**By default caching is enabled and shared between pipelines and jobs,
+starting from GitLab 9.0**
 
-If `cache` is defined outside the scope of the jobs, it means it is set
-globally and all jobs will use its definition.
+If `cache` is defined outside the scope of jobs, it means it is set
+globally and all jobs will use that definition.
 
 Cache all files in `binaries` and `.config`:
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ rspec:
     - binaries/
 ```
 
-Locally defined cache overwrites globally defined options. The following `rspec`
+Locally defined cache overrides globally defined options. The following `rspec`
 job will cache only `binaries/`:
 
 ```yaml
@@ -213,10 +214,15 @@ cache:
 rspec:
   script: test
   cache:
+    key: rspec
     paths:
     - binaries/
 ```
 
+Note that since cache is shared between jobs, if you're using different
+paths for different jobs, you should also set a different **cache:key**
+otherwise cache content can be overwritten.
+
 The cache is provided on a best-effort basis, so don't expect that the cache
 will be always present. For implementation details, please check GitLab Runner.
 
@@ -233,6 +239,9 @@ different jobs or even different branches.
 
 The `cache:key` variable can use any of the [predefined variables](../variables/README.md).
 
+The default key is **default** across the project, therefore everything is
+shared between each pipelines and jobs by default, starting from GitLab 9.0.
+
 ---
 
 **Example configurations**