LGA-3218 - Add docker build cache during image build in the pipeline (#24)

* Add docker build cache during image build in the pipeline

* Allow image to build early

Author: said-moj

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -36,12 +36,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           mask-password: true
 
-      - name:  Build and push a Docker image to the container repository
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
+          tags: |
+            type=sha,format=long,prefix=,suffix=
+
+      - name: Build and push a Docker image to the container repository
         id: docker-build
-        run: |
-          docker build -t $REGISTRY/$REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
-          docker push $REGISTRY/$REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
-        env:
-          REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-          REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
-          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags:  ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

.github/workflows/feature-branch.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
   build-and-push:
     name: Build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
-    needs: static-analysis
     with:
       ECR_REGION: ${{vars.ECR_REGION}}
       ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{vars.ECR_REPOSITORY}}
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy-uat:
     name: UAT
     uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy.yml
-    needs: [build-and-push, test]
+    needs: [build-and-push, static-analysis, test]
     with:
       environment: uat
       ECR_REGION: ${{vars.ECR_REGION}}