fix(gatsby): better heuristic for automatic cache purging (#27682)

gatsbyjs · Oct 27, 2020 · a5665d2 · a5665d2
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diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/services/initialize.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/services/initialize.ts
@@ -252,8 +252,11 @@ export async function initialize({
   }
   const cacheDirectory = `${program.directory}/.cache`
   const publicDirectory = `${program.directory}/public`
+
+  // .cache directory exists in develop at this point
+  // so checking for .cache/json as a heuristic (could be any expected file)
   const cacheIsCorrupt =
-    fs.existsSync(cacheDirectory) && !fs.existsSync(publicDirectory)
+    fs.existsSync(`${cacheDirectory}/json`) && !fs.existsSync(publicDirectory)
 
   if (cacheIsCorrupt) {
     reporter.info(reporter.stripIndent`