@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This document lists some of the strategies (and example workflows if possible) w
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
key: ${{ some-metadata }}-cache
```
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ In your workflows, you can use different strategies to name your key depending o
One of the most common use case is to use hash for lockfile as key. This way, same cache will be restored for a lockfile until there's a change in dependencies listed in lockfile.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ One of the most common use case is to use hash for lockfile as key. This way, sa
If cache is not found matching the primary key, restore keys can be used to download the closest matching cache that was recently created. This ensures that the build/install step will need to additionally fetch just a handful of newer dependencies, and hence saving build time.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The restore keys can be provided as a complete name, or a prefix, read more [her
In case of workflows with matrix running for multiple Operating Systems, the caches can be stored separately for each of them. This can be used in combination with hashfiles in case multiple caches are being generated per OS.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Caches scoped to the particular workflow run id or run attempt can be stored and
On similar lines, commit sha can be used to create a very specialized and short lived cache.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ On similar lines, commit sha can be used to create a very specialized and short
Cache key can be formed by combination of more than one metadata, evaluated info.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ In case you are using a centralized job to create and save your cache that can b
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
id: cache
with:
path: path/to/dependencies
@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ You can use the output of this action to exit the workflow on cache miss. This w
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
id: cache
with:
path: path/to/dependencies
@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ steps:
If you want to avoid re-computing the cache key again in `save` action, the outputs from `restore` action can be used as input to the `save` action.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
- uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
id: restore-cache
with:
path: |
@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ If you want to avoid re-computing the cache key again in `save` action, the outp
.
.
.
- uses: actions/cache/save@v3
- uses: actions/cache/save@v4
with:
path: |
path/to/dependencies
@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ On the other hand, the key can also be explicitly re-computed while executing th
Let's say we have a restore step that computes key at runtime
```yaml
uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
id: restore-cache
with:
key: cache-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ with:
Case 1: Where an user would want to reuse the key as it is
@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Using [NuGet lock files](https://docs.microsoft.com/nuget/consume-packages/packa
```
Depending on the environment, huge packages might be pre-installed in the global cache folder.
With `actions/cache@v3` you can now exclude unwanted packages with [exclude pattern](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob#exclude-patterns)
With `actions/cache@v4` you can now exclude unwanted packages with [exclude pattern](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob#exclude-patterns)
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.nuget/packages
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Or you could move the cache folder like below.
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ We cache the elements of the Cabal store separately, as the entirety of `~/.caba
> **Note** Ensure no Gradle daemons are running anymore when your workflow completes. Creating the cache package might fail due to locks being held by Gradle. Refer to the [Gradle Daemon documentation](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_daemon.html) on how to disable or stop the Gradle Daemons.
```yaml
- uses: actions/cache@v3
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.gradle/caches
@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ We cache the elements of the Cabal store separately, as the entirety of `~/.caba
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