v2: Move dist dir out of .parcel-cache

💬 RFC

I have to clear .parcel-cache quite often to get around stale cache issues, but this wipes .parcel-cache\dist. As noted in #3407, I have set up special data inside .parcel-cache\dist so that I can test from a dev server, but this makes wiping the parcel cache quite annoying.

Currently, it is hardcoded that the dist dir is inside the cache dir: https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/blob/v2/packages/reporters/dev-server/src/ServerReporter.js#L25

But this makes it hard to wipe the assets from the build without affecting the dist folder.

Alternatively, the cache folder could set things up so that it is .parcel-cache/dist and .parcel-cache/assets, and then I can simply wipe one folder.

[DeMoorJasper]

@alidlo there’s an issue to track this #4332 we’re working on fixing this.

[aleedmanath]

@devongovett Testing out Parcel 2, so I’ll add - I have to delete the cache any time I make a change to a linked package.