target/ directory was being ignore so we override that in the cache section

also changed the key to the ci_job_name
diesel setup now happens before we build the release binary

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -3,26 +3,25 @@ variables:
   CARGO_HOME: $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cargo
 
 cache:
-  key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
+  key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"
+  untracked: true
   paths:
-    - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cargo
+    - $CARGO_HOME
     - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/server/target
 
 
+before_script:
+  - export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+
 build-release:
   stage: build
   only:
     - testing
-  cache:
-    paths:
-      - target/
 
-  before_script:
-    - cd server/
   script:
-    - cargo build --release
+    - cd server/
     - diesel setup --database-url $DATABASE_URL
-
+    - cargo build --release
 
 
 api-test: