external.md: fix section on "caching" For bazel to decide on whether to refetch a repository, only the definition of the repository matters, not the WORKSPACE file. - the definition itself can be loaded, from a separate `.bzl` file, so a refetch is necessary without the WORKSPACE file changing. - a change in the WORKSPACE file might only affect other repositories, so a given repository might not be refetched, even if the WORKSPACE file changes. Change-Id: I551caac5b5e6f00d2e8c3cba4403d9d58fdbd057 PiperOrigin-RevId: 273523292
{Fast, Correct} - Choose two
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