cache-apt-pkgs-action/action.yml

name: Cache APT Packages
description: Install APT based packages and cache them for future runs.
author: awalsh128

branding:
  icon: hard-drive
  color: green

inputs:
  packages:
    description: Space delimited list of packages to install. Version can be specified optionally using APT command syntax of <name>=<version> (e.g. xdot=1.2-2).
    required: true
    default: ""
  version:
    description: Version of cache to load. Each version will have its own cache. Note, all characters except spaces are allowed.
    required: false
    default: ""
  execute_install_scripts:
    description: Execute Debian package pre and post install script upon restore. See README.md caveats for more information.
    required: false
    default: "false"
  refresh:
    description: "OBSOLETE: Refresh is not used by the action, use version instead."
    deprecationMessage: Refresh is not used by the action, use version instead.
  debug:
    description: Enable debugging when there are issues with action. Minor performance penalty.
    required: false
    default: "false"

outputs:
  cache-hit:
    description: A boolean value to indicate a cache was found for the packages requested.
    # This compound expression is needed because lhs can be empty.
    # Need to output true and false instead of true and nothing.
    value: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit || false }}
  package-version-list:
    description: The main requested packages and versions that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. <package>:<version,<package>:<version>).
    value: ${{ steps.install-pkgs.outputs.package-version-list || steps.restore-pkgs.outputs.package-version-list }}
  all-package-version-list:
    description: All the pulled in packages and versions, including dependencies, that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. <package>:<version,<package>:<version>).
    value: ${{ steps.install-pkgs.outputs.all-package-version-list || steps.restore-pkgs.outputs.all-package-version-list }}

runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - id: setup
      shell: bash
      run: |
        ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs setup \
          --binary-path ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs
          --checksum-file ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs.sha256        
    - id: create-cache-key
      shell: bash
      run: |
        ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs createkey \
          -os-arch ${{ runner.arch }} \
          -cache-dir ~/cache-apt-pkgs \
          -version "${{ inputs.version }}" \
          -global-version "20250910" \
          ${{ inputs.packages }}        
    - id: load-cache
      uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
      with:
        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs
        key: cache-apt-pkgs_${{ steps.create-cache-key.outputs.cache-key }}
    - id: restore-pkgs
      if: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true' }}
      shell: bash
      run: |
        ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs restore \
          --cache-dir ~/cache-apt-pkgs \
          --restore-root "/" \
          ${{ inputs.packages }}        
    - id: install-pkgs
      if: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
      shell: bash
      run: |
        ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs install \
          --cache-dir ~/cache-apt-pkgs \
          --version "${{ inputs.version }}" \
          --global-version "20250910" \
          ${{ inputs.packages }}        
    - id: upload-artifacts
      if: ${{ inputs.debug == 'true' }}
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
      with:
        name: cache-apt-pkgs-logs_${{ steps.create-cache-key.outputs.cache-key }}
        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs/*.log
    - id: save-cache
      if: ${{ ! steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}
      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
      with:
        path: actions/cache/save@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
        key: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
    - id: clean-cache
      shell: bash
      run: |
        ${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs cleanup \
          --cache-dir ~/cache-apt-pkgs