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Examples
- Bun
- C# - NuGet
- Clojure - Lein Deps
- D - DUB
- Dart
- Deno
- Elixir - Mix
- Erlang - Rebar3
- Go - Modules
- Haskell - Cabal
- Haskell - Stack
- Java - Gradle
- Java - Maven
- Node - npm
- Node - Lerna
- Node - Yarn
- Node - Yarn 2
- OCaml/Reason - esy
- PHP - Composer
- Python - pip
- Python - pipenv
- R - renv
- Ruby - Bundler
- Rust - Cargo
- Scala - SBT
- Swift, Objective-C - Carthage
- Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods
- Swift - Swift Package Manager
- Swift - Mint
- * - Bazel
Bun
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.bun/install/cache
key: ${{ runner.os }}-bun-${{ hashFiles('**/bun.lockb') }}
Windows
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~\.bun
key: ${{ runner.os }}-bun-${{ hashFiles('**/bun.lockb') }}
C# - NuGet
Using NuGet lock files:
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.nuget/packages
key: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-${{ hashFiles('**/packages.lock.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-nuget-
Depending on the environment, huge packages might be pre-installed in the global cache folder.
With actions/cache@v4
you can now exclude unwanted packages with exclude pattern
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.nuget/packages
!~/.nuget/packages/unwanted
key: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-${{ hashFiles('**/packages.lock.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-nuget-
Or you could move the cache folder like below.
Note
This workflow does not work for projects that require files to be placed in user profile package folder
env:
NUGET_PACKAGES: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nuget/packages
steps:
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nuget/packages
key: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-${{ hashFiles('**/packages.lock.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-nuget-
Clojure - Lein Deps
- name: Cache lein project dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.m2/repository
key: ${{ runner.os }}-clojure-${{ hashFiles('**/project.clj') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-clojure
D - DUB
POSIX
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.dub
key: ${{ runner.os }}-dub-${{ hashFiles('**/dub.selections.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-dub-
Windows
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~\AppData\Local\dub
key: ${{ runner.os }}-dub-${{ hashFiles('**/dub.selections.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-dub-
Dart
Linux / Macos
- uses: actions/cache@v3
with:
path: |
~/.pub-cache/
key: ${{ runner.os }}-dart-${{ hashFiles('**/pubspec.lock') }}
Windows
On windows the global package cache is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pub\Cache
but may vary due to different windows version. Refer to the docs
- uses: actions/cache@v3
with:
path: |
~/AppData/Local/Pub/Cache/
key: ${{ runner.os }}-dart-${{ hashFiles('**/pubspec.lock') }}
Deno
Linux
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.deno
~/.cache/deno
key: ${{ runner.os }}-deno-${{ hashFiles('**/deps.ts') }}
macOS
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.deno
~/Library/Caches/deno
key: ${{ runner.os }}-deno-${{ hashFiles('**/deps.ts') }}
Windows
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~\.deno
~\AppData\Local\deno
key: ${{ runner.os }}-deno-${{ hashFiles('**/deps.ts') }}
Elixir - Mix
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
deps
_build
key: ${{ runner.os }}-mix-${{ hashFiles('**/mix.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-mix-
Erlang - Rebar3
- uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: |
~/.cache/rebar3
_build
key: ${{ runner.os }}-erlang-${{ env.OTP_VERSION }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*rebar.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-erlang-${{ env.OTP_VERSION }}-
Go - Modules
Linux
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.cache/go-build
~/go/pkg/mod
key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-go-
macOS
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/Library/Caches/go-build
~/go/pkg/mod
key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-go-
Windows
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~\AppData\Local\go-build
~\go\pkg\mod
key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-go-
Haskell - Cabal
We cache the elements of the Cabal store separately, as the entirety of ~/.cabal
can grow very large for projects with many dependencies.
- name: Cache ~/.cabal/packages, ~/.cabal/store and dist-newstyle
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.cabal/packages
~/.cabal/store
dist-newstyle
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.ghc }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.cabal', '**/cabal.project', '**/cabal.project.freeze') }}
restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.ghc }}-
Haskell - Stack
Linux or macOS
- uses: actions/cache@v4
name: Cache ~/.stack
with:
path: ~/.stack
key: ${{ runner.os }}-stack-global-${{ hashFiles('stack.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('package.yaml') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-stack-global-
- uses: actions/cache@v4
name: Cache .stack-work
with:
path: .stack-work
key: ${{ runner.os }}-stack-work-${{ hashFiles('stack.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('package.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.hs') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-stack-work-
Windows
- uses: actions/cache@v4
name: Cache %APPDATA%\stack %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\stack
with:
path: |
~\AppData\Roaming\stack
~\AppData\Local\Programs\stack
key: ${{ runner.os }}-stack-global-${{ hashFiles('stack.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('package.yaml') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-stack-global-
- uses: actions/cache@v4
name: Cache .stack-work
with:
path: .stack-work
key: ${{ runner.os }}-stack-work-${{ hashFiles('stack.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('package.yaml') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.hs') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-stack-work-
Java - Gradle
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 on how to disable or stop the Gradle Daemons.
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.gradle/caches
~/.gradle/wrapper
key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
Java - Maven
- name: Cache local Maven repository
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.m2/repository
key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-maven-
Node - npm
For npm, cache files are stored in ~/.npm
on Posix, or ~\AppData\npm-cache
on Windows, but it's possible to use npm config get cache
to find the path on any platform. See the npm docs for more details.
If using npm config
to retrieve the cache directory, ensure you run actions/setup-node first to ensure your npm
version is correct.
After deprecation of save-state and set-output commands, the correct way to set output is using ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
. For linux, we can use ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
whereas for windows we need to use ${env:GITHUB_OUTPUT}
due to two different default shells in these two different OS ie bash
and pwsh
respectively.
Note
It is not recommended to cache
node_modules
, as it can break across Node versions and won't work withnpm ci
Get npm cache directory using same shell
Bash shell
- name: Get npm cache directory
id: npm-cache-dir
shell: bash
run: echo "dir=$(npm config get cache)" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
PWSH shell
- name: Get npm cache directory
id: npm-cache-dir
shell: pwsh
run: echo "dir=$(npm config get cache)" >> ${env:GITHUB_OUTPUT}
Get npm cache directory
step can then be used with actions/cache
as shown below
- uses: actions/cache@v4
id: npm-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` ==> if: steps.npm-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
with:
path: ${{ steps.npm-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-node-
Node - Lerna
- name: restore lerna
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: '**/node_modules'
key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
Node - Yarn
The yarn cache directory will depend on your operating system and version of yarn
. See https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/cache/ for more info.
- name: Get yarn cache directory path
id: yarn-cache-dir-path
run: echo "dir=$(yarn cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: actions/cache@v4
id: yarn-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` (`steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'`)
with:
path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache-dir-path.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
Node - Yarn 2
The yarn 2 cache directory will depend on your config. See https://yarnpkg.com/configuration/yarnrc#cacheFolder for more info.
- name: Get yarn cache directory path
id: yarn-cache-dir-path
run: echo "dir=$(yarn config get cacheFolder)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: actions/cache@v4
id: yarn-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` (`steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'`)
with:
path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache-dir-path.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
OCaml/Reason - esy
Esy allows you to export built dependencies and import pre-built dependencies.
- name: Restore Cache
id: restore-cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: _export
key: ${{ runner.os }}-esy-${{ hashFiles('esy.lock/index.json') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-esy-
- name: Esy install
run: 'esy install'
- name: Import Cache
run: |
esy import-dependencies _export
rm -rf _export
...(Build job)...
# Re-export dependencies if anything has changed or if it is the first time
- name: Setting dependency cache
run: |
esy export-dependencies
if: steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
PHP - Composer
- name: Get Composer Cache Directory
id: composer-cache
run: |
echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-composer-
Python - pip
For pip, the cache directory will vary by OS. See https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#caching
Locations:
- Ubuntu:
~/.cache/pip
- Windows:
~\AppData\Local\pip\Cache
- macOS:
~/Library/Caches/pip
Simple example
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.cache/pip
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
Replace ~/.cache/pip
with the correct path
if not using Ubuntu.
Multiple OS's in a workflow
- uses: actions/cache@v4
if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Linux')
with:
path: ~/.cache/pip
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
- uses: actions/cache@v4
if: startsWith(runner.os, 'macOS')
with:
path: ~/Library/Caches/pip
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
- uses: actions/cache@v4
if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
with:
path: ~\AppData\Local\pip\Cache
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
Multiple OS's in a workflow with a matrix
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
strategy:
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
include:
- os: ubuntu-latest
path: ~/.cache/pip
- os: macos-latest
path: ~/Library/Caches/pip
- os: windows-latest
path: ~\AppData\Local\pip\Cache
steps:
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ matrix.path }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
Using pip to get cache location
Note
This requires pip 20.1+
- name: Get pip cache dir
id: pip-cache
shell: bash
run: |
echo "dir=$(pip cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: pip cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pip-
Python - pipenv
- name: Set up Python
# The actions/cache step below uses this id to get the exact python version
id: setup-python
uses: actions/setup-python@v2
⋮
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ~/.local/share/virtualenvs
key: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-pipenv-${{ hashFiles('Pipfile.lock') }}
R - renv
For renv, the cache directory will vary by OS. The RENV_PATHS_ROOT
environment variable is used to set the cache location. Have a look at https://rstudio.github.io/renv/reference/paths.html#details for more details.
- name: Set RENV_PATHS_ROOT
shell: bash
run: |
echo "RENV_PATHS_ROOT=${{ runner.temp }}/renv" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Install and activate renv
run: |
install.packages("renv")
renv::activate()
shell: Rscript {0}
- name: Get R and OS version
id: get-version
run: |
cat("##[set-output name=os-version;]", sessionInfo()$running, "\n", sep = "")
cat("##[set-output name=r-version;]", R.Version()$version.string, sep = "")
shell: Rscript {0}
- name: Restore Renv package cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: ${{ env.RENV_PATHS_ROOT }}
key: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.os-version }}-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.r-version }}-${{ inputs.cache-version }}-${{ hashFiles('renv.lock') }}
restore-keys: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.os-version }}-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.r-version }}-${{inputs.cache-version }}-
Ruby - Bundler
Caching gems with Bundler correctly is not trivial and just using actions/cache
is not enough.
Instead, it is recommended to use ruby/setup-ruby
's
bundler-cache: true
option
whenever possible:
- uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
with:
ruby-version: ...
bundler-cache: true
Rust - Cargo
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.cargo/bin/
~/.cargo/registry/index/
~/.cargo/registry/cache/
~/.cargo/git/db/
target/
key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
Scala - SBT
- name: Cache SBT
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.ivy2/cache
~/.sbt
key: ${{ runner.os }}-sbt-${{ hashFiles('**/build.sbt') }}
Swift, Objective-C - Carthage
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: Carthage
key: ${{ runner.os }}-carthage-${{ hashFiles('**/Cartfile.resolved') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-carthage-
Swift, Objective-C - CocoaPods
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: Pods
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pods-${{ hashFiles('**/Podfile.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pods-
Swift - Swift Package Manager
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: .build
key: ${{ runner.os }}-spm-${{ hashFiles('**/Package.resolved') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-spm-
Swift - Mint
env:
MINT_PATH: .mint/lib
MINT_LINK_PATH: .mint/bin
steps:
- uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: .mint
key: ${{ runner.os }}-mint-${{ hashFiles('**/Mintfile') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-mint-
* - Bazel
bazelisk
does not have be to separately downloaded and installed because it's already included in GitHub's ubuntu-latest
and macos-latest
base images.
Linux
- name: Cache Bazel
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
~/.cache/bazel
key: ${{ runner.os }}-bazel-${{ hashFiles('.bazelversion', '.bazelrc', 'WORKSPACE', 'WORKSPACE.bazel', 'MODULE.bazel') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-bazel-
- run: bazelisk test //...
macOS
- name: Cache Bazel
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: |
/private/var/tmp/_bazel_runner/
key: ${{ runner.os }}-bazel-${{ hashFiles('.bazelversion', '.bazelrc', 'WORKSPACE', 'WORKSPACE.bazel', 'MODULE.bazel') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-bazel-
- run: bazelisk test //...