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"
  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:
      ${{ steps.install-pkgs.outputs.all-package-version-list ||
      steps.restore-pkgs.outputs.all-package-version-list }}
runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - id: set-env
      shell: bash
      run: |
        vars=( \
          "BINARY_PATH=${{ github.action_path }}/distribute/${{ runner.arch }}/cache_apt_pkgs" \
          "CACHE_DIR=~/cache-apt-pkgs" )
        for var in "${vars[@]}"; do echo "$var" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"; done        
    - id: setup
      shell: bash
      run: scripts/setup.sh "$BINARY_PATH" "$BINARY_PATH.sha256"
    - id: create-cache-key
      shell: bash
      env:
        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
        PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.packages }}
        OS_ARCH: ${{ runner.arch }}
      run: |
        $BINARY_PATH createkey \
          --os-arch $OS_ARCH \
          --cache-dir "$CACHE_DIR" \
          --version "$VERSION" \
          --global-version "20250910" \
          ${PACKAGES}        
    - id: load-cache
      uses: actions/cache/restore@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830 # v4.3.0
      with:
        path: "$CACHE_DIR"
        key: cache-apt-pkgs_${{ steps.create-cache-key.outputs.cache-key }}
    - id: restore-pkgs
      if: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true' }}
      env:
        INPUTS_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.packages }}
      shell: bash
      run: |
        $BINARY_PATH restore \
          --cache-dir "$CACHE_DIR" \
          --restore-root "/" \
          ${INPUTS_PACKAGES}        
    - id: install-pkgs
      if: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
      env:
        INPUTS_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
        INPUT_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.packages }}
      shell: bash
      run: |
        $BINARY_PATH install \
          --cache-dir "$CACHE_DIR" \
          --version "$INPUTS_VERSION" \
          --global-version "20250910" \
          $INPUT_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_DIR/*.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: ${{ steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
    - id: clean-cache
      shell: bash
      run: rm -fr "$CACHE_DIR"