From cc837cb4184b585be4b98450e573bbaea13e2150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tianhao-Gu <tgu@anl.gov>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:01:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] always run clean disk space step

---
 .github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
index dd2cfbf..6009fe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
 
       - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published') || github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
         with:
           tool-cache: false

From 57dd3e088365dced7e4541baa60feeaf0275ad2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tianhao-Gu <tgu@anl.gov>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:30:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add flag for free_disk_space

---
 .github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
index 6009fe5..a4cf019 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docker_image.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ name: Build and push docker image
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      free_disk_space:
+        description: 'Free disk space before build (adds ~1-2 min, useful for large images)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ "main", "master", "develop" ]
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
 
       - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+        if: ${{ inputs.free_disk_space || (github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published') || github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
         with:
           tool-cache: false