Tool Cache in Composite Action

Implementation of actions/tool-cache toolkit in composite GitHub Actions.

A Tool Cache for composite-based GitHub Actions.

This action supports Ubuntu, Windows, and macOS.

Rationale

The purpose of this action is to provide composite-based actions an easy way to install programs on GitHub Actions.

JavaScript-based actions already have actions/tool-cache toolkit to facilitate in installing programs in GitHub Actions.

With this tool cache action, you don't need to worry writing a code in installing the program and adding it to PATH, you just download the program and extract it to a folder inside runner temp, just like actions/tool-cache toolkit.

Usage

1. Create a folder with the name of the program you want to install inside ${{ runner.temp }}.
2. Extract all of the files required by the program to that folder inside ${{ runner.temp }} you have created.
3. Run this action with the name of the folder inside ${{ runner.temp }} you used to extract all the files needed for the program.

Example workflow

steps:
  - name: Download Hello World binary (Unix-like)
    if: runner.os == 'Linux' || runner.os == 'macOS'
    working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}
    run: |
      if [ $RUNNER_OS = macOS ]; then os=macos; else os=linux; fi
      mkdir hello-world
      wget -O hello-world/hello $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/AnimMouse/Hello-World-Binaries/raw/main/hello-$os
      chmod +x hello-world/hello
      
  - name: Download Hello World binary (Windows)
    if: runner.os == 'Windows'
    working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}
    run: |
      New-Item hello-world -ItemType Directory
      Invoke-WebRequest $env:GITHUB_SERVER_URL/AnimMouse/Hello-World-Binaries/raw/main/hh2.golden.exe -OutFile hello-world\hello.exe
      
  - name: Install the Hello World binary using tool-cache
    uses: AnimMouse/tool-cache@v1
    with:
      folder_name: hello-world

Example workflow with cache

steps:
  - name: Restore Hello World cache
    id: cache
    uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
    with:
      path: ${{ runner.tool_cache }}/hello-world
      key: hello-world-${{ runner.os }}
      
  - name: Download Hello World binary (Unix-like)
    if: (runner.os == 'Linux' || runner.os == 'macOS') && ! steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit
    working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}
    run: |
      if [ $RUNNER_OS = macOS ]; then os=macos; else os=linux; fi
      mkdir hello-world
      wget -O hello-world/hello $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/AnimMouse/Hello-World-Binaries/raw/main/hello-$os
      chmod +x hello-world/hello
      
  - name: Download Hello World binary (Windows)
    if: runner.os == 'Windows' && ! steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit
    working-directory: ${{ runner.temp }}
    run: |
      New-Item hello-world -ItemType Directory
      Invoke-WebRequest $env:GITHUB_SERVER_URL/AnimMouse/Hello-World-Binaries/raw/main/hh2.golden.exe -OutFile hello-world\hello.exe
      
  - name: Install the Hello World binary using tool-cache
    uses: AnimMouse/tool-cache@v1
    with:
      folder_name: hello-world
      cache_hit: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit }}
      
  - name: Save Hello World cache
    if: '! steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit'
    uses: actions/cache/save@v4
    with:
      path: ${{ runner.tool_cache }}/hello-world
      key: hello-world-${{ runner.os }}

You can check the .github/workflows/test.yaml file inside this repository to see how it works by installing a Hello World program.
You can also check actions that uses this tool cache.

Used by

1. AnimMouse/setup-rclone
2. AnimMouse/setup-cloudflared
3. AnimMouse/setup-yt-dlp
4. AnimMouse/setup-restic
5. AnimMouse/setup-youtubeuploader
6. AnimMouse/setup-appimage
7. AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg
8. AnimMouse/setup-age

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