How to enable maven artifact caching for gitlab ci runner?

Question

We use gitlab ci with shared runners to do our continuous integration. For each build, the runner downloads tons of maven artifacts.

Is there a way to configure gitl

Answer 1

You don't have to declare MAVEN_OPTS in variables section when you use CI_PROJECT_DIR variable (The full path where the repository is cloned and where the job is run)

cache:
    key: maven-cache
    paths:
    - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.m2/