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# cache
This action allows caching dependencies and build outputs to improve workflow execution time.
<a href="https://github.com/actions/cache/actions?query=workflow%3ATests"><img alt="GitHub Actions status" src="https://github.com/actions/cache/workflows/Tests/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push"></a>
## Documentation
See ["Caching dependencies to speed up workflows"](https://help.github.com/github/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows).
## What's New
* Added support for multiple paths, [glob patterns](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob), and single file caches.
```yaml
- name: Cache multiple paths
uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: |
~/cache
!~/cache/exclude
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
```
* Increased performance and improved cache sizes using `zstd` compression for Linux and macOS runners
* Allowed caching for all events with a ref. See [events that trigger workflow](https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows) for info on which events do not have a `GITHUB_REF`
* Released the [`@actions/cache`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/cache) npm package to allow other actions to utilize caching
* Added a best-effort cleanup step to delete the archive after extraction to reduce storage space
Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/v1/README.md) for previous versions
## Usage ## Usage
### Pre-requisites ### Pre-requisites
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* `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache and restore. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns. * `path` - A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache and restore. See [`@actions/glob`](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/glob) for supported patterns.
* `key` - An explicit key for restoring and saving the cache * `key` - An explicit key for restoring and saving the cache
* `restore-keys` - An ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key * `restore-keys` - An ordered list of keys to use for restoring the cache if no cache hit occurred for key
* `bucket` - aws s3 bucket
* `access-key-id` - aws access key id *OPTIONAL*
* `secret-access-key` - aws secret access key *OPTIONAL*
### Outputs ### Outputs
* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key * `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the key
> See [Skipping steps based on cache-hit](#Skipping-steps-based-on-cache-hit) for info on using this output > See [Skipping steps based on cache-hit](#Skipping-steps-based-on-cache-hit) for info on using this output
### Cache scopes ### Cache scopes
The cache is scoped to the key and branch. The default branch cache is available to other branches. The cache is scoped to the key and branch. The default branch cache is available to other branches.
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### Example workflow ### Example workflow
```yaml ```yaml
name: Caching Primes name: Caching Node Modules
on: push on: push
jobs: jobs:
build: build-with-cache:
name: NPM Install with Cache
runs-on: ubuntu-latest runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps: steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2 - name: Checkout Repo
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Cache Primes - uses: hipcamp/cache@v0.13.0
id: cache-primes id: node-cache
uses: actions/cache@v2
with: with:
path: prime-numbers bucket: [your cache bucket]
key: ${{ runner.os }}-primes path: node_modules
key: node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
- name: Generate Prime Numbers restore-keys: |
if: steps.cache-primes.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' node-
run: /generate-primes.sh -d prime-numbers - run: npm install
- name: Use Prime Numbers
run: /primes.sh -d prime-numbers
``` ```
## Implementation Examples ## Skipping steps based on cache-hit
Every programming language and framework has its own way of caching. Using the `cache-hit` output, subsequent steps (such as install or build) can be skipped when a cache hit occurs on the key.
See [Examples](examples.md) for a list of `actions/cache` implementations for use with: Example:
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/cache@v2
id: cache
with:
path: path/to/dependencies
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
- name: Install Dependencies
if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
run: /install.sh
```
- [C# - Nuget](./examples.md#c---nuget) > Note: The `id` defined in `actions/cache` must match the `id` in the `if` statement (i.e. `steps.[ID].outputs.cache-hit`)
- [D - DUB](./examples.md#d---dub)
- [Elixir - Mix](./examples.md#elixir---mix)
- [Go - Modules](./examples.md#go---modules)
- [Haskell - Cabal](./examples.md#haskell---cabal)
- [Java - Gradle](./examples.md#java---gradle)
- [Java - Maven](./examples.md#java---maven)
- [Node - npm](./examples.md#node---npm)
- [Node - Lerna](./examples.md#node---lerna)
- [Node - Yarn](./examples.md#node---yarn)
- [OCaml/Reason - esy](./examples.md#ocamlreason---esy)
- [PHP - Composer](./examples.md#php---composer)
- [Python - pip](./examples.md#python---pip)
- [Python - pipenv](./examples.md#python---pipenv)
- [R - renv](./examples.md#r---renv)
- [Ruby - Bundler](./examples.md#ruby---bundler)
- [Rust - Cargo](./examples.md#rust---cargo)
- [Scala - SBT](./examples.md#scala---sbt)
- [Swift, Objective-C - Carthage](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---carthage)
- [Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods](./examples.md#swift-objective-c---cocoapods)
- [Swift - Swift Package Manager](./examples.md#swift---swift-package-manager)
## Creating a cache key ## How to Contribute
A cache key can include any of the contexts, functions, literals, and operators supported by GitHub Actions. > First, you'll need to have a reasonably modern version of `node` handy. This won't work with versions older than 9, for instance.
For example, using the [`hashFiles`](https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/context-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#hashfiles) function allows you to create a new cache when dependencies change. Install the dependencies
```bash
$ npm install
```
```yaml Build the typescript and package it for distribution
- uses: actions/cache@v2 ```bash
with: $ npm run build && npm run package
path: |
path/to/dependencies
some/other/dependencies
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
``` ```
Additionally, you can use arbitrary command output in a cache key, such as a date or software version: Run the tests :heavy_check_mark:
```bash
$ npm test
```yaml PASS ./index.test.js
# http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/date.1.html ✓ throws invalid number (3ms)
- name: Get Date ✓ wait 500 ms (504ms)
id: get-date ✓ test runs (95ms)
run: |
echo "::set-output name=date::$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")"
shell: bash
- uses: actions/cache@v2 ...
with:
path: path/to/dependencies
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.get-date.outputs.date }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
``` ```
See [Using contexts to create cache keys](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#using-contexts-to-create-cache-keys) ## Change action.yml
## Cache Limits The action.yml contains defines the inputs and output for your action.
A repository can have up to 5GB of caches. Once the 5GB limit is reached, older caches will be evicted based on when the cache was last accessed. Caches that are not accessed within the last week will also be evicted. Update the action.yml with your name, description, inputs and outputs for your action.
## Skipping steps based on cache-hit See the [documentation](https://help.github.com/en/articles/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions)
Using the `cache-hit` output, subsequent steps (such as install or build) can be skipped when a cache hit occurs on the key. ## Change the Code
Example: Most toolkit and CI/CD operations involve async operations so the action is run in an async function.
```yaml
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/cache@v2 ```javascript
id: cache import * as core from '@actions/core';
with: ...
path: path/to/dependencies
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
- name: Install Dependencies async function run() {
if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' try {
run: /install.sh ...
}
catch (error) {
core.setFailed(error.message);
}
}
run()
``` ```
> Note: The `id` defined in `actions/cache` must match the `id` in the `if` statement (i.e. `steps.[ID].outputs.cache-hit`) See the [toolkit documentation](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/README.md#packages) for the various packages.
## Publish to a Distribution Branch
Actions are run from GitHub repos so we will checkin the packed dist folder.
```bash
$ npm run all
$ git add -A
$ git commit -m "your commit message"
$ git tag v[version from package.json]
$ git push origin v[version from package.json]
```
## Contributing Your action is now published! :rocket:
We would love for you to contribute to `actions/cache`, pull requests are welcome! Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.
## License See the [versioning documentation](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/docs/action-versioning.md)
The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)

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