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a target's fingerprint isn't transitive into its dependencies... but a cache key might be, depending on the task that created it

Test my understanding

If the targets transitive dependencies changed, the cache_key will change, but the fingerprint will not change?

if the Task uses `self.invalidated(.., invalidate_dependents=True)`, yes

if `invalidate_dependents=False`, i believe the cachekey will not be transitive (i don't know if it will be exactly equal to the fingerprint though... wouldn't assume that)

oh, yea: it won't be equal to the fingerprint, because it will include the Task's fingerprint: <https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/master/src/python/pants/task/task.py#L281>