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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Railway supports cache mounts in your Dockerfile in the following format:
--mount=type=cache,id=s/<service id>-<target path>,target=<target path>
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Replace `<service id>` with the id of the service.
Replace `<service id>` with the id of the service. You can copy the Railway Service ID from the command pallet when you have a service open, `cmd / ctrl + k` -> `Copy Service ID`.
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Image I feel like this is a bit packed in this "single instruction" sentence. Is there a better way to add this/reference?

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Replace <service id> with the Railway Service ID, found by pressing cmd / ctrl + k and selecting Copy Service ID.

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Environment variables can't be used in cache mount IDs, since that is invalid syntax.
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