Fix docker build OOMing in CI for arm64 builds (#14173)

Co-authored-by: David Robertson <davidr@element.io>

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Inspect builder
         run: docker buildx inspect
-          
+
       - name: Log in to DockerHub
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ jobs:
           tags: "${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tags }}"
           file: "docker/Dockerfile"
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          build-args:
+            # arm64 builds OOM otherwise. c.f. https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10583
+            CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true

changelog.d/14173.docker

+Fix docker build OOMing in CI for arm64 builds.

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ RUN mkdir /rust /cargo
 
 RUN curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain stable
 
+
+# arm64 builds consume a lot of memory if `CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI` is not
+# set to true, so we expose it as a build-arg.
+ARG CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=false
+ENV CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=$CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI
+
 # To speed up rebuilds, install all of the dependencies before we copy over
 # the whole synapse project, so that this layer in the Docker cache can be
 # used while you develop on the source